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February 23, 2024
Wilson says smuggled alcohol and tobacco found in construction material containers
FINANCIAL Secretary Simon Wilson said officials have found illegally smuggled alcohol in containers with building supplies.
February 22, 2024
'Country loses nearly $100m yearly to alcohol and tobacco smuggling'
PRIME Minister Philip "Brave" Davis said officials believe the country loses nearly $100m yearly through alcohol and tobacco smuggling.
May 23, 2023
There is No Such Thing as Safe Nicotine Use and Quitting is Advantageous at Any Age, Says Cleveland Clinic Pulmonologist Ahead of World No Tobacco Day
While cigarette smoking is probably the most researched form of tobacco use – with links to cardiovascular disease, several types of cancer and many other medical conditions now well-established – there is no safe form of tobacco use and it is never too early or too late to quit, says an expert from global health system Cleveland Clinic, speaking ahead of World No Tobacco Day on 31 May.
Govt foreshadows new tobacco control law
February 25, 2015
Govt foreshadows new tobacco control law
Just ahead of the 10th anniversary of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the health minister has foreshadowed legislation to control the use of tobacco in The Bahamas.
BNDC to observe World No Tobacco Day with focus on COVID-19 and its likely impacts on smokers
May 27, 2020
BNDC to observe World No Tobacco Day with focus on COVID-19 and its likely impacts on smokers
The Bahamas National Drug Council (BNDC) will commemorate the World Health Organization’s World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), on May 29, 2020 with a Zoom Conference under the theme: “Smoking, Vaping & COVID-19...”
June 23, 2014
Concerns in tobacco industry following announcement of new tax
Representatives of the Bahamian tobacco industry have reiterated their concerns in regards to the government providing, "a level playing field", for the taxation of domestic and foreign cigarette distributers following the announcement of a new cigarette tax.
The government announced the new tax last week in Prime Minister Perry Christie's budget communication. The proposed tax of 25 cents per cig...
March 02, 2015
Further taxes too on alcohol and tobacco and rise in NIB ceiling
GOVERNMENT consultants have suggested the Christie administration levy a 5.8 per cent pay roll tax, increase taxes on "luxury items" such as alcohol and tobacco and "double" the ceiling for National Insurance Board contributions to fund the proposed National Health Insurance scheme, The Tribune understands.
February 27, 2015
Statistics show 16.7 percent of Bahamian adults smoked tobacco regularly in 2012
The Ministry of Health has reported that 16.7 percent of the Bahamian adult population are smokers -- over 10 percent of them classified as
"daily smokers" -- according to the most current statistics which were compiled in 2012.
June 04, 2014
Tobacco giant 'deeply concerned' over apparent tax discrepancy
The world's second-largest tobacco company is "deeply concerned" that local tobacco manufacturers may not be paying the same taxes that its distributors pay on tobacco products and is calling on the government to "act swiftly and definitively to enforce the law" as it relates to locally-made cigarettes.
British American Tobacco (BAT) said it is disturbed by reports that Freeport-based Caribbean To...
Pinder: No requirement for health warning on tobacco
May 26, 2014
Pinder: No requirement for health warning on tobacco
TOBACCO manufacturers in the Bahamas are not required to include health warning labels on products or advertising, according to Financial Services minister Ryan Pinder...
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