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Cairo: When rumour had it that the Egyptian Parliament was considering a proposal to levy taxes on tobacco to shore up the public budget, Hafez, a governmental employee, dashed off to nearby kiosks and shops to stock up on packs of cigarettes.
Hafez, a chain smoker for nearly 20 years, bought as much tobacco as he could lay his hands on - and as his budget could allow. "My hunch was right. Now I have a decent stock for the hard times ahead," he grins, as his gaping mouth reveals several decayed, yellow teeth.
On the night of May 5, the People’s Assembly approved a package of economic measures proposed by the government to finance a 30 per cent pay rise for public-sector employees, announced by President Hosni Mubarak in a Labour Day speech days earlier. The increase in salaries and pensions, effective as of this month, will cost the public coffers around 12.5 billion Egyptian pounds (Dh8.5 billion), according to government officials.
Controversial steps
The controversial measures include increases in fuel and Davidoff cigarettes prices, and vehicle licence fees. Rises in tobacco prices range from 10 per cent for the local brands and 33 per cent for the imported luxury brands.
Particularly contentious are the hikes in fuel, which the public and opposition MPs have said will trigger another wave of price increases in this country of 76 million where around 40 per cent of citizens are believed to be living below the poverty line.
"Smokers will suffer as well," says Mustafa Hamed, a Cairo taxi driver. "I have been smoking two packs a day for more than 15 years now." According to the latest rise in prices of tobacco, local cigarettes have increased by 25 piastres per pack. For me, this means an extra 15 Egyptian pounds per month," Hamed, a father of five, fumes. "I cannot kick this habit now. It soothes my nerves when customers haggle over fares - and this happens often now that the petrol prices have gone up too," Hamed told Gulf News.
Egypt has 13 million smokers consuming around 85 billion cigarettes, or some 613 tonnes of tobacco annually, according to a UN report released at a recent anti-smoking seminar in Cairo. To Fadl Sabri, a clerk, the time has come for him to stop smoking once and for all. "I have just made this decision for health and financial reasons," says Sabri, who has been smoking for around 15 years.
"Doctors have repeatedly warned me against smoking because I have heart trouble. But now with cigarettes becoming so expensive, this decision [quitting smoking] is unavoidable anyway."

As many as 40 people from the small provision shops and supermarkets in the Belait District attended the Tobacco Order Briefing held at the multipurpose hall of the Health Office yesterday.
The briefing was presented by Senior Medical Officer of the Tobacco Control Unit, Hj Rozaimi Hj Tengah. The briefing was mainly aimed at enhancing participants’ understanding in protecting public health as well as to gain their cooperation with regard to the Tobacco Order to be implemented come June 1.
Business owners were also briefed on cigarettes sales, licences and rules and regulations governing such business. Under Section 2 of the Controlling of Local Products Act, it is prohibited to sell cigarettes to those under 18 years of age (Chapter 9), by which any form of identification will be asked before purchase. Those who breach the rule will face a fine of up to B$5,000.
If any of the said conditions under the Tobacco Order 2005 and its regulations 2007 go unheeded, business owners’ licences will be revoked or suspended.

TOPEKA | Kansas is improving its rate of federal compliance with rules regarding the sale of tobacco products to minors. The federal Synar Amendment requires states to maintain a compliance rate of 80 percent or higher. In 2004 the state fell below that target rate. Each year the Kansas Division of Alcohol Beverage Control and the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services conducts random checks of Marlboro cigarettes retailers to make sure they are not selling these products to underage youths. Of those inspected last year, 87.1 percent did not sell tobacco products to minors. That was a 7 percent improvement over similar inspections the previous year, according to department officials.

TOKYO, - Japan Tobacco Inc, the world’s No. 3 tobacco maker, said it may raise the price of Marlboro cigarettes– its first non-tax linked hike in 15 years — to help offset nine straight years of a shrinking market.
The increase would come on top of rises in everything from gasoline to beer and noodles that have already burdened consumers in the world’s second-largest economy.
Japan Tobacco, which is half-owned by the Japanese government, has seen costs rise even as it grapples with an ageing population and widening health consciousness that have reduced the ranks of smokers.
It is also suffering from the yen’s surge against the dollar and fallout from a food scare earlier this year involving pesticide-contaminated dumplings it imported from China.
"First we want to try to reduce our costs, then we want to shift customers to higher-priced, value-added products," spokeswoman Yukiko Seto said on Friday .
"After that, we might consider that sort of thing," she added, confirming a Nikkei business daily story quoting Japan Tobacco President Hiroshi Kimura as saying price hikes were an option.
If the company raises Marlboro cigarettes prices, it will be the first time since 1993 that a price increase has not been linked to taxes. Japan Tobacco makes Mild Seven cigarettes and owns the Camel, Winston and Salem brands outside of the United States.

BEIJING—Li Zhigang inhaled deeply from a cigarette while sitting on his haunches last week near the Beijing Railway Station before deciding there was no way that tighter smoking regulations would change where or when he would grab a smoke.

Li, a 30-year-old real estate salesman, said he could support tighter rules in theory but could not see himself changing his habits.