Immediate 20% increase in tobacco excise duty across all tobacco products: Budget 2026

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Cham liao

@glockman

 

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Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced a 20 per cent increase in tobacco excise duty, across all tobacco products, in his Budget Speech of 2026.

This will take place with effect from today (Feb. 12, 2026).

 

[Boonsiong]

Better to implement COE for smokers.
They need to bid for coe in order to buy Hun Kee

 

[WangChuk]

promote Vaping consumption and trading ....

 

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Better to implement COE for smokers.
They need to bid for coe in order to buy Hun Kee

U smoke ? This move caught everyone off guard.

 

[Boonsiong]

U smoke ? This move caught everyone off guard.

I don’t
I hate when I do exercise at hdb and smokers are around the tracks

 

[Pager]

Increasing tobacco taxes is a practical move in Singapore, it helps deter smoking, especially among youths, and supports our push for a healthier nation.

 

[Boonsiong]

Increasing tobacco taxes is a practical move in Singapore, it helps deter smoking, especially among youths, and supports our push for a healthier nation.

Better impose also higher tax on alcohol

 

[sbfuncle]

Cham liao

@glockman

What is the meaning of 20% increase in excise duty?
Does it means
If a x brand ciggy is $15 it will becum $18 now ?

 

[Boonsiong]

What is the meaning of 20% increase in excise duty?
Does it means
If a x brand ciggy is $15 it will becum $18 now ?

Sometimes companies absorbed

 

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I don’t
I hate when I do exercise at hdb and smokers are around the tracks

Must be @glockman he smoke while running at the track.

 

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What is the meaning of 20% increase in excise duty?
Does it means
If a x brand ciggy is $15 it will becum $18 now ?

I think is 20% increase of the current tax.

 

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[laksaboy]

And that is why vapes are persecuted but cigarettes are not.

Always follow the money if you want to understand the truth.

 

[sbfuncle]

I think is 20% increase of the current tax.

Any idea what is the current tax %?
Only then we can count the actual increase in price.

 

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Any idea what is the current tax %?
Only then we can count the actual increase in price.

No idea

 

[Truthspeak]

Increasing tobacco taxes is a practical move in Singapore, it helps deter smoking, especially among youths, and supports our push for a healthier nation.

Smoking doesn’t kill. You got fooled by them

 

[Tragedeigh]

Singapore should install this oxygen generator at all yellow box smoking area.

 

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Cham liao

@glockman

 

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Zai zai one. Knew will cut something to give.