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This layered structure of tobacco duties is designed to maximise both revenue and public health impact: Specific duty: 6.33 per pack of 20 cigarettes Ad valorem duty: 16.5% of the retail price (in addition to the specific duty and VAT) VAT: 20% on the final retail price This complex taxation system ensures that even if tobacco companies reduce their wholesale prices, consumers see minimal benefit due to the fixed duty components

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The image shows her skeletal body near the end of her life with a cigarette still in hand, paired with the words "highly addictive." The other is of bloody urine in an unflushed toilet bowl, stating, "27 per cent of kidney cancer victims die within five years." Cunningham said its difficult to quantify the direct impact of the warnings on smoking rates in Canada, since there have been a number of simultaneous measures taken in recent decades

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