In 2009, as much as one out of three packets consumed in Malaysia was illicit, a cigarette firm has revealed.
The firm, JT International, cited the Global Tobacco Report by Goldman Sachs Research, which estimated that “the Malaysian market boasted the largest illicit cigarette incidence in the world in 2009″.
“JT International Berhad is concerned that illicit cigarettes may continue its growing dominance of the market and appeals to the Government to take the necessary steps to limit the growth of illicit cigarettes, including the adoption of a moderate taxation policy,” the firm said in a press release.
Gives a whole new meaning to the term ‘market-friendly policies’, eh?
How is this happening, MACC? (Not that I have much sympathy for cigarette firms.)
The firm, JT International, cited the Global Tobacco Report by Goldman Sachs Research, which estimated that “the Malaysian market boasted the largest illicit cigarette incidence in the world in 2009″.
“JT International Berhad is concerned that illicit cigarettes may continue its growing dominance of the market and appeals to the Government to take the necessary steps to limit the growth of illicit cigarettes, including the adoption of a moderate taxation policy,” the firm said in a press release.
Gives a whole new meaning to the term ‘market-friendly policies’, eh?
How is this happening, MACC? (Not that I have much sympathy for cigarette firms.)
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