Smokers of filterless cigarettes get price cut

Treasury CS split tax structure for cigarettes. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Treasury secretary Henry Rotich Thursday gave low-end of market cigarette smokers a price relief with significant cut in excise tax that will see the price of non-filter stick fall by 70 cents.

Mr Rotich spilt the tax structure for cigarettes keeping it at Sh2.5 per stick for cigarettes with filters and introducing a new rate of Sh1.8 for those without.

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