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Senate panel on ways and means approves proposal to increase taxes on alcohol, other tobacco products

(Eagle News)–The Senate committee on ways and means has approved the proposed bill to increase the taxes on alcohol products and heated tobacco products such as vape and e-cigarettes. It was Senator Pia Cayetano, committee chair, who endorsed committee report number 6 or Senate Bill No. 1074 signed by 11 senators  to the plenary. According to Cayetano, the senators, in proposing to increase those taxes, considered a World Health Organization report that said that out […]