Increase in Tobacco Excise and Equivalent Duties - 24 May 2012 - Regulatory Impact Statement - The Treasury
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This analysis has been prepared with policy advice following a direction from the Minister of Finance to assess tobacco excise increases that could be progressed in Budget 2012. It does not assess and compare tobacco excise increases with other revenue, savings and expenditure options Ministers have considered in preparing the 2012 Budget. The focus is on the potential impacts of tobacco excise changes, and the role of excise in the wider context of tobacco control policy.
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