Lobby wants MPs to pass cigarette tax

BAT Kenya wants the State to spare the new non-combusted cigarettes from higher ‘sin tax’.

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A tobacco control lobby has piled pressure on Parliament to endorse the Treasury proposals to increase tax on cigarettes, arguing any changes will reverse the gains in the fight against nicotine use.

The National Taxpayers Association (NTA) has expressed fears that the Finance and Planning Committee will interfere with the Treasury’s proposal that increases excise duty on nicotine products.

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