Gov’t raises tax on tobacco products

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• p djamgbe 8 years ago

  A good one there. I absolutely agree with the government on this one. Even here in the West, governments, from time to time put hefty prices on commodities such as tobacco and alcohol in order to reduce their consumption. The ...
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  A good one there. I absolutely agree with the government on this one. Even here in the West, governments, from time to time put hefty prices on commodities such as tobacco and alcohol in order to reduce their consumption. The argument that it would lead to people producing fake ones, who cares. Tobacco fake or original they are all the same.

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• ABRAHAM 8 years ago

  LONG OVERDUE AND SHOULD CONTINUE EVERY YEAR AS IS DONE IN DEVELOPED WORLD. ELSE TOBACCO COMPANIES WILL CONTINUE TO KILL GHANA AND AFRICA YOUTH WITH LONG CANCER AND LUNG DISEASES WHICH WILL BE A HUGE BURDEN OR PLACE A HUGE STR ...
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  LONG OVERDUE AND SHOULD CONTINUE EVERY YEAR AS IS DONE IN DEVELOPED WORLD. ELSE TOBACCO COMPANIES WILL CONTINUE TO KILL GHANA AND AFRICA YOUTH WITH LONG CANCER AND LUNG DISEASES WHICH WILL BE A HUGE BURDEN OR PLACE A HUGE STRAIN ON GHANA HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS. GHANA NEED THE YOUTH IN EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TODAY AND TOMORROW

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• ed 8 years ago

  Ghana is a country of drunks and if you want to deter people from being sick start stopping them from drinking and being drunk and stupid.
  this government intrusion into people life is not call for, people have a right to ...
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  Ghana is a country of drunks and if you want to deter people from being sick start stopping them from drinking and being drunk and stupid.
  this government intrusion into people life is not call for, people have a right to make life choices to be drunk or kill themselves with tobacco Ghana is not isis strong hold it is democracy so back off asshale terkpter

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• ABRAHAM 8 years ago

  SHAME TO GHANA LEADERS NOT DRIVING THIS DREADFUL DISEASES OUT OF GHANA WHILES DEVELOPED WORLD ARE SUING TOBACCO COMPANIES DUE TO THEIR BAD HEALTH RELATED KILLING OF THE POPULATION ESPECIALLY THE YOUTH WHICH IS THE BACKBONE OF ...
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  SHAME TO GHANA LEADERS NOT DRIVING THIS DREADFUL DISEASES OUT OF GHANA WHILES DEVELOPED WORLD ARE SUING TOBACCO COMPANIES DUE TO THEIR BAD HEALTH RELATED KILLING OF THE POPULATION ESPECIALLY THE YOUTH WHICH IS THE BACKBONE OF EVERY ECONOMY. ESPECIALLY REPLACING THE AGING POPULATION. ESPECIALLY DEVELOPED WORLDARE DRIVING TOBACCO COMPANIES AWAYSO WHY GHANA AND AFRICA EMBRACING SUCH KILLERS. HEAVY TAXES ON TOBACCO, ALCHOHOL SHOULD HELP THE GOVERNMENT TO REDUCE HEALTHCARE COST

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• DAN 8 years ago

  GREAT. INCREASE IT MORE

  GREAT. INCREASE IT MORE

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• mensa 8 years ago

  THIS TERPTER IS THE LOSER THAT KEEP HIKING OUR VAT RATES AND TAXES AND NOW GOING AFTER BUSNISS THAT MAKE ALIVING SELLING TOBBACO PRODUCTS

  THIS TERPTER IS THE LOSER THAT KEEP HIKING OUR VAT RATES AND TAXES AND NOW GOING AFTER BUSNISS THAT MAKE ALIVING SELLING TOBBACO PRODUCTS

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