The tax went from 99 cents per pack to nearly $3, a move designed to discourage smoking and raise state revenue.

The Chancellor has announced that duty on cigarettes will go up by the rate of inflation - likely to be the September RPI figure of 4.5%, plus two percentage points. D uty rates on all tobacco ...

The Centre’s proposed overhaul of tobacco taxes including a higher excise duty and a new health and national security cess is expected to raise cigarette prices modestly once the GST compensation cess ...

The winter session of Parliament, which begins on 1 December and runs until 19 December, will have 15 sittings across 19 days. Both bills will be introduced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

The rate of Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation from 3.6% in October, the Office for National Statistics said ...

UK inflation has fallen to 3.2%, its lowest level for eight months, new statistics released by the Office of National ...

Currently, Altria Group trades for around 10.4 times forward earnings. This forward P/E is well below that of Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM), at 18.5 times forward earnings, so it may make ...

British American Tobacco trades around 13x forward earnings, near decade highs, and second only to Philip Morris, while ...

India's parliament approved a new tax law on Wednesday that experts say could increase the price of cigarettes for the estimated 100 million smokers in the world's most populous country.

The rate of Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation fell to 3.2% in November, from 3.6% in October, the Office for National ...

As the craze of earnings season draws to a close, here’s a look back at some of the most exciting (and some less so) results ...

UK inflation dropped far more than expected last month, with food prices falling to ease the cost of living, new official figures show. Consumer prices index (CPI) inflation fell to 3.2 per cent in ...