the price of a pack of 20 sticks will increase by 70 cents tomorrow. I guess Malaysia's rounding up system is at work again cause a pack costs rm9.30 now and by tomorrow, it'll cost an exact rm10 a pack tomorrow.
and packs of high-grade cigs will be expected to cost rm14.. the price hike would cause cigarettes sales to drop by 10%.
honestly if you think about it, an increase of 70cent will hurt smokers, but I seriously doubt it'll stop them. Its just an extra increase in tax revenues for the government by preying on addicts. If the government is really concerned to stop us from smoking and help us quit this addiction, they should just increase it by like rm10 a pack. the 10% decrease in sales is just a temporary drop which will jump back up sooner or later.
I mean, seriously, have you actually seen tobacco companies making a loss?
The best solution : just fucking quit.
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