Nearly 20 percent of Berkeley's tobacco vendors sold the product to minors during undercover stings, city officials said Friday. Continue
Posted in All News and Hooking Kids | 0 CommentsArchive for July, 2007
IT was lunchtime in Palermo, and in the old quarter, a small trattoria was filling up with burly construction workers and fishermen in sodden boots — all crowded around rickety tables watching a soccer match on a staticky television set. Continue
Posted in All News, Crime, Hooking Kids and Smoking Ban | 0 CommentsThe decision comes on the eve of the license issue to Yesmoke.
The European Commission has officially announced that it is ready to undertake legal action against Italy (as well as Austria and Ireland), for the decision to fix a minimum price for cigarettes as a measure to dissuade smokers, instead of using the instrument of taxation.
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| Yacht Ferretti 881, "The new flagship of the sea" - Loa 28 m, No. of people on board 24, Construction material GPR - Price: Euros 5,920,000.00 |
"Taxation has the same effect on prices as a mandatory minimum price, and it doesn’t damage the competition on a price basis”, points out the communication.
Contrary to the "Minimum Price", a tax increase, obviously involving all brands, would increase the State's income, and it would lower the profits of the multinational tobacco producers, as they would have to lower their prices to remain competitive.
At this point, the obvious question is: why in the world was a minimum price policy adopted to start with? Who’s directly responsible for this decision? Was it pure idiocy, or is there corruption behind it?
Might there be some persons in influential positions who have recently bought themselves a new luxury car, a Yacht, or new summer home??
(Top Story N. 64: Prezzo Minimo: U.E. in sintonia con Yesmoke)
La decisione arriva alla vigilia della concessione della licenza alla Yesmoke.
La Commissione Europea ha comunicato ufficialmente di essere pronta a intraprendere un'azione legale contro l'Italia (oltre ad Austria e Irlanda), per la decisione di fissare un prezzo minimo per le sigarette come mezzo dissuasivo per i fumatori, invece di utilizzare lo strumento della tassazione.
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| Yacht Ferretti 881, "La nuova ammiraglia del mare" - Loa 28 m, N. persone a bordo 24, Materiale di costruzione VTR - Prezzo: Euro 5.920.000 più IVA |
"La tassazione ha effetti sui prezzi uguali a quelli prodotti dalla fissazione del prezzo minimo, senza tuttavia limitare la concorrenza sulla base del prezzo", si precisa in un comunicato.
Contrariamente al "Prezzo minimo", l'aumento delle tasse, riguardante ovviamente tutte le marche, porterà maggiori entrate allo stato e minor profitto per le multinazionali, che saranno costrette a diminuire i prezzi per restare competitive.
A questo punto è logico domandarsi: perché il "Prezzo minimo" è stato adottato? Chi sono i diretti responsabili? Si tratta di pura demenza, o di corruzione? ...Che qualcuno, nel frattempo, si sia comperato uno yacht?
The European Commission has formally called upon Austria, Ireland and Italy to amend their legislation setting minimum retail selling prices for cigarettes. Continue
Posted in All News, Lawsuits and Prices | 0 CommentsCan't find new smokers in the West? Why not try kids in Africa! The Nigerian state of Kano says that's what tobacco companies have done, and now they're suing. Times of London's Tosin Sulaiman fills us in. Continue
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