Higher tobacco taxes can reduce the number of smokers in the country, the Finance department said on Monday as it again urged Congress to consider raising planned tax hikes.
Increasing excise taxes on tobacco products to P60 per pack will bring down cigarette consumption by 16.8 percent and prompt 3.2 million adults to quit smoking, the department said in statement, citing simulations developed with the Department of Health and the World Health Organization.
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