May be the govt should allow cigarettes to be sold at Jurong island only and each time can only buy 1 pack of 20 sticks. People will have to go all the way there to buy. In that way, many people sure will give up smoking when it is so inconvenient to buy.
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End of Cheap Smokes - Ciggies to get new stamp
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May be the govt should allow cigarettes to be sold at Jurong island only and each time can only buy 1 pack of 20 sticks. People will have to go all the way there to buy. In that way, many people sure will give up smoking when it is so inconvenient to buy.
jurong island cannot la bro...explode later...by the time ppl got there , the craving already so high... sala on the cigg , got burnt strait to hell 
actually this news should not let ppl know untill the last minute....
contraband syndicate now finding ways to do some "stamping" too
contraband syndicate now finding ways to do some "stamping" too
the last time i smoke this kretek in the tin very very long time ago in JB!!!! 1992-1995 
must roll our own self 1st....steam la... :p (now they sell ready made ciggies in them)
better after one heavy mutarbak then kana this type....one good WL walking beside also never see :p
must roll our own self 1st....steam la... :p (now they sell ready made ciggies in them)
better after one heavy mutarbak then kana this type....one good WL walking beside also never see :p
Garment dun wanna make it difficult 4 u to buy or ban smoking totally
.... it just wanna u to only smoke those that they have Qced and choped SDPC so as to collect more duties 
Seems like not too difficult to go around it right...but then again how to get "special" ink
What they cannot tahan is the loss of unpaid tax for all those ciggs that are smuggled across from our neighbours :p...First they hit smugglers and when it does not have the desired effect...they turn their attention to buyers
Sound like Odex saga... Next time those contraband smokers will hide even deeper to get a smoke.
Seems like not too difficult to go around it right...but then again how to get "special" ink
when this ink thing impliment next year. the gov can sell at whatever price they like, may even at 50$ per pack. no competitors liao mah.
Prices of tobacco n ciggs will definitely be influenced by the quantum of the tax imposed by garment. However, the sales price will be left to the respective manufacturers/distributors to decide..Hence, different pricing for different brands now....
Confirm "Carry Balls" :p
Guys... Cheaper alternative anyone??...
If scare ppl noe hor can consider super glue some orchid flowers for decoy...:p
http://www.growtobacco.net/tag/growing-tobacco
If scare ppl noe hor can consider super glue some orchid flowers for decoy...
:phttp://www.growtobacco.net/tag/growing-tobacco
If the farmers here willing to do the growing and harvesting,
think ppl dun mind such alternative if the prices of ciggs really go sky high
Today's update 
Home > Breaking News > Singapore > Story
Sep 11, 2008
WAR ON CONTRABAND SMOKES
All ciggies to be marked New packs will start appearing from next month, with full switchover from Jan 1
By Sujin Thomas
Each duty-paid cigarette will be branded with 'SDPC' (Singapore Duty-Paid Cigarettes) near the filter end to help distinguish it from sticks that have been smuggled in. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
SINGAPORE is about to become the first country in the world to brand every single cigarette stick sold here with a mark. It is a move to distinguish the duty-paid cigarette from its contraband counterpart, which the Tobacco Association here estimates makes up 20 per cent of the market.
The marking means smokers can no longer pass off contraband cigarettes as the real deal by stuffing them into legitimate cigarette packs - distinguished now by health warnings printed on them.
Each stick will have 'SDPC', standing for Singapore Duty-Paid Cigarettes, near the filter end. New packs bearing such cigarettes will surface from next month.
By Jan 1, every cigarette sold here will bear the mark, said Singapore Customs yesterday.
Smugglers profit by evading tax of $7.04 per packet and selling the contraband packs to smokers here at well below what bona fide retailers charge.
From January to July this year, 2.1 million packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes, involving $16.2 million duty and tax evaded, were seized with 3,231 buyers caught.
To quell demand, a fine of $500 a pack was introduced for those caught in selected hot spots, such as Geylang, last October. On July 15, when this was extended islandwide, 284 contraband buyers were nabbed in the first two weeks.
Certis Cisco officers have been engaged since last year to beef up enforcement. Singapore Customs did not give details on how officers will actually target smokers to spot the new mark on the sticks but said they will identify themselves with warrant cards.
Singapore Customs said cigarette retailers will carry posters informing the public of the new stick marks.
Tobacco companies, unhappy with the inroads smugglers are making into their market, are glad to bear the cost of having such specially labelled cigarettes.
A British-American Tobacco spokesman, which has 27 per cent of the market, told The Straits Times it would be easy enough to print the cigarette paper with the new label and this cost would be 'well spent'.
The two other major players here, Philip Morris Singapore and Japan Tobacco International, said they will absorb the cost of printing the mark for now as raising cigarette prices would only exacerbate the already high prices here.
The price of a 20-stick pack of premium cigarettes has been spiralling upwards over recent years because of higher duties. It costs close to $12 now, from just $5.80 nearly a decade ago.
The higher duties, as well as other measures like smoke-free areas, are intended to get smokers to stub out. Singapore Customs also warned travellers who bring in cigarettes from abroad to declare them for payment of duty as well as the goods and services tax.
They should keep the issued receipts in case enforcement officers check on them.
Hotelier Daniel Camoens, 30, thinks the new measure is 'over the top'. 'There will be people staring at my mouth each time I smoke.'
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Home > Breaking News > Singapore > Story
Sep 11, 2008
WAR ON CONTRABAND SMOKES
All ciggies to be marked New packs will start appearing from next month, with full switchover from Jan 1
By Sujin Thomas
Each duty-paid cigarette will be branded with 'SDPC' (Singapore Duty-Paid Cigarettes) near the filter end to help distinguish it from sticks that have been smuggled in. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
SINGAPORE is about to become the first country in the world to brand every single cigarette stick sold here with a mark. It is a move to distinguish the duty-paid cigarette from its contraband counterpart, which the Tobacco Association here estimates makes up 20 per cent of the market.
The marking means smokers can no longer pass off contraband cigarettes as the real deal by stuffing them into legitimate cigarette packs - distinguished now by health warnings printed on them.
Each stick will have 'SDPC', standing for Singapore Duty-Paid Cigarettes, near the filter end. New packs bearing such cigarettes will surface from next month.
By Jan 1, every cigarette sold here will bear the mark, said Singapore Customs yesterday.
Smugglers profit by evading tax of $7.04 per packet and selling the contraband packs to smokers here at well below what bona fide retailers charge.
From January to July this year, 2.1 million packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes, involving $16.2 million duty and tax evaded, were seized with 3,231 buyers caught.
To quell demand, a fine of $500 a pack was introduced for those caught in selected hot spots, such as Geylang, last October. On July 15, when this was extended islandwide, 284 contraband buyers were nabbed in the first two weeks.
Certis Cisco officers have been engaged since last year to beef up enforcement. Singapore Customs did not give details on how officers will actually target smokers to spot the new mark on the sticks but said they will identify themselves with warrant cards.
Singapore Customs said cigarette retailers will carry posters informing the public of the new stick marks.
Tobacco companies, unhappy with the inroads smugglers are making into their market, are glad to bear the cost of having such specially labelled cigarettes.
A British-American Tobacco spokesman, which has 27 per cent of the market, told The Straits Times it would be easy enough to print the cigarette paper with the new label and this cost would be 'well spent'.
The two other major players here, Philip Morris Singapore and Japan Tobacco International, said they will absorb the cost of printing the mark for now as raising cigarette prices would only exacerbate the already high prices here.
The price of a 20-stick pack of premium cigarettes has been spiralling upwards over recent years because of higher duties. It costs close to $12 now, from just $5.80 nearly a decade ago.
The higher duties, as well as other measures like smoke-free areas, are intended to get smokers to stub out. Singapore Customs also warned travellers who bring in cigarettes from abroad to declare them for payment of duty as well as the goods and services tax.
They should keep the issued receipts in case enforcement officers check on them.
Hotelier Daniel Camoens, 30, thinks the new measure is 'over the top'. 'There will be people staring at my mouth each time I smoke.'
[email protected]
Instead of printing the letters on to the ciggies.. wouldn't it be more effective if it's color-coded (in place of the letters) ie bright red. It's far more prominent for the law enforcement agencies to detect and cost effective to implement.
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