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

[glockman]

Tiagong our founding father LKY smokes like 2 packs a day that time.

Not surprised, since he was a chain smoker. What a hero!

 

[True Believer]

I have decided to continue smoking as per normal, will just pass on the 20% increase to my customers.....without them knowing.

Lots of hawkers smoke, and will raise their prices by 20% to make non-smoking customers pay. Only the govt wins at the end of the day.

 

[Tragedeigh]

Tiagong our founding father LKY smokes like 2 packs a day that time.

Smoked 2 pax per day can still live to 91. Had he not smoked at all in his lifetime, can live way past 100 and beat Mahatir

 

[glockman]

Lots of hawkers smoke, and will raise their prices by 20% to make non-smoking customers pay. Only the govt wins at the end of the day.

Yes, the pap always wins. We got no choice because we live in papland.

 

[glockman]

Smoked 2 pax per day can still live to 91. Had he not smoked at all in his lifetime, can live way past 100 and beat Mahatir

But he did quit after developing a bad sore throat, could not give a speech as a result. Still, smoking and longevity are non-related!

 

[True Believer]

Yes, the pap always wins. We got no choice because we live in papland.

The 65% gave them the mandate to fleece us to death while they overpay themselves so they may live in GCBs and own multiple cars.

 

[Sustanon]

But he did quit after developing a bad sore throat, could not give a speech as a result. Still, smoking and longevity are non-related!

so many folks no smoke, no drink and still tio lung cancer all these and young young uplorry liao....

 

[nbcf]

so many folks no smoke, no drink and still tio lung cancer all these and young young uplorry liao....

This reasoning is flawed. Non smokers should compare their livespan against an unbiased control scenario where they did not smoke. Not compare against smokers.

 

[Willamshakespear]

Perhap a public referendum may be needed over the tobacco tax issue......

Such a referendum may PROTECT the current govt 's party rule.....

Referendums ARE NOT THE WAY to govern, as USA California had proven, and PROVE the failures of governance by referendums. Such can only be used for CRITICAL issues, for example- there is NO need for a COE referendum, as most Singaporeans would had understand the need for such to limit car population growth as there is only limited land space on our small island, or the harms of high sugar content in canned drinks which the govt would win hands down, thus a waste of time to conduct such.

The current govt under its party had indeed uplifted Singaporeans lives since Independence.

Many wise and necessary policies were made that had gained the support of the majority. Even during Singapore's most recent elections, MANY voters supported the ruling party, even in Jalan Kayu and Tampines whereby the strongest opposition parties faced defeat, even when rumors that GST would be increased and did happened, and most just accepted it as it is a means to create revenues for public expenditure in healthcare, education, infrastructure upgrading, etc, etc.....

It's a reflection of how much Singaporeans trusted the ruling party....over it's various policies, at times even draconian.


HOWEVER, the effects of nicotine and smoking that causes cancer is not exactly clear or proven, more so in this industrialized age where carcinogens are everywhere. It is moronic to rely on the self serving out of touch W.H.O whom are made up of ultra rich KAREN - LIKE doctors, whom are NOT ELECTED and yet sought to determine Humanity's health, WITHOUT considerations of other social and political considerations.

It is no wonder that USA ended funding for that dubious org, and yet Singapore still support its, and worse, the use of precious taxpayers hard monies to support their moronic libtarded polices....We have our own sovereign USA typed FDA and CDC orgs, specially tailored to our own environment and social needs, made up mostly of our very own true blue blooded scientists and researchers, so why the continued funding and support for W.H,O.?

Thus a public REFERENDUM may be needed, over the tobacco tax issue. Should cigarettes be sold to those whom are over 30yrs old at Open Market Value, whom had been unaware of the supposed harms of nicotine during their early years as well as the environment they lived in breathing other harmful chemicals, to save themselves as well as our precious young from being addicted to nicotine, the way a cow would be addicted to grass, if the term of addiction be so loosely applied, or the chopping knife be used across the board as a draconian measure which WILL only lead to unintended illegal consequences and COSTS to taxpayers on MORE funding for enforcement efforts?

The result of the REFERENDUM will PROVE once and for all, to everyone, on how the public views such a tax and if the govt wins a majority on high taxation of tobacco, Singaporeans being Singaporeans, will abide by the law, and the ruling party is fully secured for the next election.

 

[Ah Max]

juz quit n problem solved.
smoke-free 4 3 years n counting.