Jump to full article: Macau Daily Times (mo), 2008-08-20
Intro: A written interpellation by lawmaker Leong Iok Wa yesterday said the government did not introduce any measures to respond to the tobacco control treaty which has been in place in Macau since 2006.
The government has recently revised the consumption tax regulations in order to exempt alcohol and fuel levies for local businesses.
However, the lawmaker said the government did not propose a levy increase for tobacco and tobacco products at the same time, but told the Legislative Assembly last week that such revision would be submitted for deliberation along with a string of anti smoking measures in the last quarter of the year.
This legislative orientation, Ms Leong added, was "difficult to understand" as The World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) has already been applied to Macau for two years.
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