Tag: Cigarettes

CARACAS: Motorists in socialist Venezuela have long enjoyed the world’s cheapest gasoline, with fuel so heavily subsidized that a full tank these days costs...

-Presently, 31.8pc men, 5.8pc women and 19.1pc youth become tobacco addicts KARACHI: As the tobacco epidemic is spreading in the country at an alarming rate,...

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has announced to impose a sin tax on smokers. According to details, the sin tax will be imposed on smokers...

Priyanka Chopra always likes to do things differently. After having previously enhanced the working conditions of the female crew in their company, Purple Pebbles, Priyanka...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistanis consumed 59 cigarettes in the year 2017-18, costing Rs295 billion, said State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Statistical Bulletin 2018. According to SBP Statistical...

Multinational cigarette companies have claimed that they pay almost all taxes collected from the industry. Philip Morris Pakistan and Pakistan Tobacco Company (PTC) pay around 98 per...

ISLAMABAD: The standing committee of the Senate on Finance has rejected the 200 percent increase in the levy on petroleum products and approved enhancement...

--Sale is rampant near government departments including courts, excise, NADRA and passport offices --Shopkeepers say no government official apprised them regarding the ban   LAHORE: The sale of...

ISLAMABAD: More than 160,000 people are killed by tobacco-caused diseases in Pakistan every year. According to the latest edition of Tobacco Atlas published earlier this month,...

PARIS: Vaping may help pneumonia-causing bacteria stick to cells lining the airways, likely boosting disease risk, researchers said Thursday. A study published in the European...

The Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has taken notice of tax evasion of over Rs90.652million by printing incorrect...