Prices of cigarettes increased
Posted by ONLANKA Newsroom on October 20, 2011 - 4:30 pm
Prices of cigarettes were increased with effect from midnight yesterday. Gold Leaf, Benson and Pall Mall increased by Rs.2, while Dunhill by Rs.3, the Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC) said.
Courtesy: DM Online
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Cigarettes increase just 2/3 rupees…!
Food items increase 20/30 rupees…
If we could eat cigarettes..!
Why not ban altogether all tobacco products and alcohol. The hospital beds are filled with people dying from alcohol and tobacco related diseases. What a waste of money to treat these people in State hospitals! I hear that in the West such people have to pay for their treatment.