70pc tax in tobacco products demanded
Anti Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA), a platform of journalists, yesterday demanded imposition of 70 per cent supplementary tax in retail price of all tobacco products in the coming budget.
Addressing a press conference at a city hotel here, anti-tobacco campaigners of the ATMA said the increased tax would help cut consumption of 1,360 crore sticks of cigarettes.
Simultaneously, they said, the government can earn over Tk 1,500 crore as additional revenue from tobacco industry if 70 per cent supplementary tax is imposed.
ATMA convenor Ruhul Amin Rushd read out a paper focusing on the present trend of tobacco production, its use and taxation.
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