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2021-05-28 19:00
Tobacco imposes annual loss of $33b: deputy health minister
TEHRAN – Estimates show that tobacco costs the country 1.4 quadrillion rials (nearly $33.3 billion at the official rate of 42,000 rials) annually, Alireza Raeisi, the deputy health minister, has announced.
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2020-09-20 18:19
Iran starts five-year tobacco-free national plan
TEHRAN –A national plan aiming to protect people from secondhand smoke in 63 cities and 63 villages over the course of five years has just piloted in the central city of Qom.
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2019-10-19 17:53
Iran’s 5-month tobacco exports rise 10 folds
TEHRAN - Exports of tobacco from Iran have increased by nearly 10 times in the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21- August 22), Press TV reported citing the data released by Iran’s Ministry of Industry, Mining and Trade.
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2019-08-03 15:25
65% duty imposed on imported cigarettes
TEHRAN- According to the value-added tax law, a 65% duty is imposed on imported cigarettes, announced the deputy health minister for management and resources development.
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2019-06-17 11:55
Why subsidized forex is still used for tobacco?
TEHRAN- It might be hard to believe that cigarettes are among the products that are imported using subsidized foreign currency, Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi has said.
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2019-02-03 19:44
Cigarette smoking responsible for 60,000 deaths annually
TEHRAN — Annually about 60,000 deaths linked with cigarette smoking occur in Iran, the Iranian Anti-Tobacco Association has announced.
