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Tag: #cigarettes

Over 100 towns in Sri Lanka stop cigarette sales
LOCALTOP STORY

Over 100 towns in Sri Lanka stop cigarette sales

Over 100 towns across Sri Lanka have boycotted the sale of cigarettes with the aim of making the country tobacco-free,…

byFaraz Shauketaly23/08/2018
Cigarettes prices go up with excise duty hike
LOCAL

Cigarettes prices go up with excise duty hike

The excise duty on cigarettes has been increased by Rs 3.80 per stick with effect from midnight yesterday (July 31),…

byFaraz Shauketaly01/08/2018
Sri Lankan cities stop selling cigarettes supporting government’s anti-smoking drive – Health Minister
LOCAL

Sri Lankan cities stop selling cigarettes supporting government’s anti-smoking drive – Health Minister

Sri Lanka’s Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Dr. Rajitha Senaratne says around 100 cities in the country have…

byFaraz Shauketaly30/07/2018
Sri Lanka to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes, tobacco products
BUSINESSTOP STORY

Sri Lanka to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes, tobacco products

Sri Lanka’s cabinet of ministers in a move to further curb the consumption of cigarettes and other tobacco products has…

byFaraz Shauketaly13/04/2018
Customs seize illegal cigarettes worth Rs. 80 million
LOCAL

Customs seize illegal cigarettes worth Rs. 80 million

Sri Lanka Customs during a raid conducted Friday has discovered a container of illegally imported cigarettes from the Orugodawatta Container…

byFaraz Shauketaly09/12/2017
Government understands the pulse of the underprivileged people, Sri Lankan President says
LOCAL

Government understands the pulse of the underprivileged people, Sri Lankan President says

Maithripala Sirisena says that the present government is an administration which understands the pulse of the underprivileged people. Addressing the…

byFaraz Shauketaly05/12/2017
BIA Customs officials discover 33,600 foreign cigarettes
TOP STORY

BIA Customs officials discover 33,600 foreign cigarettes

Sri Lanka Customs has arrested a Sri Lankan woman, allegedly with a stock of foreign cigarettes worth over Rs. 1.68…

byAdmin31/10/2017

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