TAXES on tobacco and smoking products should have been part of Budget 2025, health advocates say, as they welcomed the 40 sen hike to the sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax.
As part of the government’s “war on sugar”, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced that excise duties on sugar-sweetened beverages will be raised by 40 sen per litre starting Jan 1, 2025.
