Despite the rise in sales of smuggled cigarettes, taxes must.
“An increase in the specific excise tax of RMB1 on a pack of cigarettes would increase government revenue by RMB64.9 billion (US$7.9 million), save 3.4 million lives, reduce medical costs by RMB2.68 billion (US$325 million) and generate a productivity gain of RMB9.92 billion (US$1.2 billion) for the Chinese economy,” Tobacco Taxation and its Potential Impact in China, a 2008 paper produced by four US and Chinese researchers and academics.
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