MANILA, Philippines — Cigarette smuggling causes the government to lose an estimated P30 billion to P60 billion to excise taxes, according to Ilocos Sur Second District Rep. Kristine Singson-Meehan, citing data from Albay Rep. Joey Salceda. 'With the smuggling, actually, we are losing more in the collection of tobacco taxes,' Singson-Meehan said in an interview with reporters on Saturday. 'The excise tax on cigarettes is P170 billion. So you have P150 billion of that going to healthcare, the universal healthcare program.

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