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Inakusahan ng Palasyo ng Malakanyang ang mga anti-sin tax reform bill na pakana lang ng mga ito ang diumanoy paglaganap ng smuggling ng yosi sa bansa. Sinabi ni Communications Sec. Ricky Carandang na hindi naniniwala ang palasyo ng malakanyang na mas magiging talamak ang smuggling ng mga produktong tabako o sigarilyo sa bansa kahit maisabatas ang sin tax bill. .
Ikinatwiran pa ng kalihim na ginagamit lang itong sangkalan ng mga lobbyist ng tobacco firms para hadlangan ang pagtaas ng g buwis sa kanilang produkto.
Iginiit ni Carandang na hindi naman pababayaan ng customs at ng mga awtoridad ang paglaganap ng smuggling ng yosi dahil kahit sa ibang bansa ay hindi nila nakikita ang talamak na smuggling nito.
"Well, you have to consider certain things, ano. The cost of smuggling the cigarettes in would that be… I mean, it's always one of the arguments that have been used against the Sin Tax, and they've been used even in other countries that if you increase the prices then it will increase smuggling. But we haven't seen that happen in other countries and we don't think that would… If it doesn't happen in other countries, I don't see it necessarily happening here.
Matatandaang nagpakita pa si senate president juan ponce enrile ng ilang sampol ng smuggled cigarettes sa presscon sa senado na umanoy patunay na nailulusot ang mga ito.
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