RE: 10 million illegal..... cigarettes?
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Malaysia put a strict cigarette ban across all eateries and closed up environment. However, queuing up at the government division, before entering the premises, is still considered outdoor. So, there's a leeway for the smokers to play around. Me? I don't smoke anymore, I have stopped since 2020 for religious reasons. I don't have the hate for smokers(YET), as I heard many ex-smokers has a sense of resentment towards current smokers.
As for the expensiveness, it all really depends on how one "value" things. Cigarettes in Malaysia currently sell at 20 a box. With a minimum wage of 60 a day, that considered ⅓ of the salary evaporates 😂 still, people are smoking it. Not forgetting, government tax 500% on the cigarettes. Technically, a big chunk of the government income is from these harmful cigarettes.
sin-taxes are a huge source of revenue in many countries. I am surprised to hear that in Malaysia the tax is that high.
Sin-taxes are meant to force people to quit and I am not against it, but it seems Malaysians don't care. I wonder how is Healthcare handling the consequences 🤔
The forcing people quit tax are irrelevant. There are a million things that worth taxing, but they didn't 😌 sugar are bad enough, why not tax sugar 50000%, I think still cheaper than cocaine after tax. Diabetic rates in the country are soaring and hitting new highs year after year, yet nobody gives a flying fish about it.
Tax high enough? The alternative is exactly why this article being written 👍 illegal. Is it even legal to sin-tax cigarettes? 🤣 I'm just saying. Once again to emphasize, I totally stopped for more than 5 years now.
We agree to disagree here, but it's ok.
This seems like an entire new topic. Lemme see if I can fork out time to write a blog about how these stuff get around and get away.
I can't say I hate smokers, but I hate smoke and leave when someone is smoking around me. I don't see why I should support the bad feeling smoke creates in me and suffer.
As about smoking 1/3 of your daily wage, or 2/3 for those who smoke 2 packs ... it's sad, really sad.