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[Title] => Phl loses P141 billion revenue to illicit tobacco trade – report
[Summary] => The Philippine government may have lost $2.5 billion (around P151 billion) in revenues over the past two years due to rampant illicit cigarette and e-vape trade, funds that could have been used to address the Middle East crisis, a new report said.
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[Title] => Gatchalian wants Senate probe on tobacco smuggling
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[Title] => Tobacco farmers to lose P1 billion as cigarette smuggling persists
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[Summary] => The Philippine government may have lost $2.5 billion (around P151 billion) in revenues over the past two years due to rampant illicit cigarette and e-vape trade, funds that could have been used to address the Middle East crisis, a new report said.
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[Summary] => The country’s tobacco farmers are projected to lose nearly P1 billion this year as smuggled cigarettes continue to flood the market, illustrating the losses from unchecked illicit trade that has long hurt local growers and the wider tobacco industry.
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