WHO for more tobacco taxes in new budget

>As the world marks the No Tobacco Day today, whose theme is to raise taxes as a deterrent to smoking, there will be no special event to nationally commemorate the day in Tanzania, The Citizen on Saturday has reliably learnt.

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

14 Oct

Anti-tobacco meet in Moscow aims to bolster taxes

>A major anti-tobacco conference opened in Moscow on Monday aimed at agreeing higher taxes on cigarettes, a move being fiercely opposed by the tobacco industry.

 

10 years ago

BBC

South African budget raises taxes

South Africa's budget raises taxes and cuts spending as the government tries to restore growth to an economy hit by power shortages and strikes.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

14 Jun

BUDGET: Ordinary people lose interest in budget

>The government  said it was a Budget of the people, but wananchi said it was yet another financial statement they know nothing about.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

04 Feb

Tobacco farming fuels truancy

 Increasing truancy in primary schools in Serengeti District has been attributed to child labour in newly-introduced tobacco farms.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

06 Sep

Tobacco prices to rise, says lowassa

Chadema presidential candidate Edward Lowassa has promised Tabora residents that he will raise tobacco prices if he is elected. The opposition coalition flag-bearer also declared war on traders who are yet to pay tobacco farmers their outstanding arrears.

 

9 years ago

BBC

30 Nov

The secret bribes of big tobacco

A BBC investigation uncovers evidence that one of the UK's biggest companies bribed officials in East Africa.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Diplomats guilty of tobacco fraud

Gambian diplomats who sold tax-free tobacco from their London embassy are found guilty of cheating the UK taxpayer out of almost £4.8m.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Feb

TTB shuts tobacco markets

All is not well with tobacco farmers in Mara Region following the closure of the crop’s main markets due to financial constraints facing the Tanzania Tobacco Board (TTB).

 

10 years ago

BBC

Gambian tobacco scam diplomats jailed

A group of Gambian diplomats who turned an embassy into a "warehouse" selling tax-free tobacco have been jailed.

 

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