Excise duty on tobacco, health cess on pan masala from February 1

From February 2026, India replaces GST compensation cess with excise and health cess on tobacco and pan masala, introducing ...
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Cigarettes, biris, pan masala, tobacco products to get costlier from Feb 1

The government on Wednesday notified February 1 as the date from which additional excise duty will be levied on tobacco ...

Tobacco taxes decoded: FAQs explain machine-based excise on chewing tobacco, gutkha

Under the new framework, excise duty will no longer depend on actual production or self-declared output. Duty will be levied ...
Los Angeles Times

Cigarette machines are now packing art

PHILADELPHIA — Pull a knob on the vintage cigarette machine and you may pick up a new habit -- buying art. The Art-o-Mat offers miniature paintings, sculpture and other tiny trinkets for not much more ...
Philippine Daily Inquirer

BOC seizes P1.3-B fake cigarettes, raw tobacco materials, machines

MANILA, Philippines — Fake cigarettes, raw tobacco materials and cigarette packing machines amounting to around P1.3 billion were intercepted by authorities, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) reported ...