The Duterte administration should pass the two-tier increased excise taxes on cigarettes instead of imposing new taxes on fuel products and low-end automobiles, a House leader said on Thursday.

Rep. Eugene de Vera of ABS party-list, the House deputy minority leader, was referring to his House Bill 4144 wherein the tax rate for cigarettes priced below P11.50 per pack would be pegged at P32 per pack while those priced over P11.50 per pack will be slapped a P36 tax rate per pack.

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