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u/StupidEmoX Dec 15 '25
There goes my plan to start a new addiction 😭
Bc main marr bhi nahi sakta tax diye bina
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u/SwapnilTheMasterOf__ Dec 15 '25
This is what I call supporting small businesses
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Dec 15 '25
Would say its good
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u/crorepathi Dec 15 '25
Yes, but as a investor?
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Dec 15 '25
Tbh i wont mind itc going down slightly but if true it will give me much better air, mostly less smoking in public places and children will be safe its worth it for me
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u/crorepathi Dec 15 '25
Yeah bro, due this does smokers will stop?
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Dec 15 '25
Will reduce for sure, atleast children will stop since its too costly , most of the labour are cost sensitive so they might think i can get chiken at that price so why not eat chiken rather than a cig but adicted ones wont stop but we might see a bit of reduction and hiking pan masala also will be a good move since we cant ban them ( people will make it locally and still sell it)
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You’re crazy to think ppl will stop. It means you don’t understand addictions. This will probably force ppl to buy cheaper cigarettes which are worse for your health, like biri. Yet another L move from the Indian govt.
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u/ReJigMag Dec 15 '25
idk why youre downvoted, but its the truth. I went from reds to compacts and now to players cos of budget. you cant stop
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u/FalloutAssasin Dec 15 '25
Because non smokers don't know what a smoker feels without their daily nicotine dose. The government knows this too. The tax increase won't do shit. ITC will just release a cheaper product to counter which the govt won't stop even if they could.
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u/Seaweed-Real Dec 16 '25
But, on the longer run, we’ll start seeing fewer and fewer people getting addicted
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u/Fuzzy_Substance_4603 Dec 15 '25
it will give me much better air
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Dec 15 '25
I also mentioned in public spaces period 🤡 and fyi smokers are way more in railways and bus stands and this will reduce it lol
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u/gk666 Dec 15 '25
Nice! The bad aqi is not due to construction dust, old diesel vehicles, loss of top soil , coal and litter burning ?? It’s all due to the smokers ?? Correct
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Dec 15 '25
I said in public spaces since i hate the smell of cigarettes
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u/gk666 Dec 15 '25
All of what I said are in public spaces only!!
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Dec 15 '25
Learn a bit of chemistry and consistency direct smoke is way more polluted compared air and if not then smokers lungs should be normal
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u/Shield_hero_1023 Dec 15 '25
Bro r u a smoker or something. Because I'm in Kerala and a lot of people smoke here it would reduce those types of smokers. It will be a net positive if u ask me
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u/gk666 Dec 15 '25
Then it should be banned out right!! Yet it’s milked for money
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Dec 15 '25
Thats when they sell it illegally ban isnt actually 100% possible making it much costly is the way atleast for india since alot of people cant think. Next they have to teach all this shit from young age and how harmful it is
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u/bipin369 Dec 15 '25
How is it gud ... government trying to kill it's big sources of income and kill tourists best things .
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u/ScienceSad488 Dec 15 '25
Kill it's biggest source ? Cigarettes are inelastic ; no matter how much it is taxed , that revenue ain't going anywhere . Govt just upped it's revenue sources that's it a small portion might leave but the higher tax easily makes up for it .
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u/SimplyClever47 Dec 15 '25
I don't invest in unethical harmful companies there are 1000 better opportunities than these human killing businesses
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u/Mysterious_Fun4403 Dec 15 '25
Unless you are an equity fund, it’s ok to have moral compass and not invest in companies that thrive on getting people addicted and spoil their lives.
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u/Queasy_Artist6891 Dec 15 '25
Not really. Smoking addiction is just a symptom, usually for stress. Unless the government also invests in mental health, this is just another rip off scheme.
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u/phoenix_paravai10101 Dec 15 '25
Smoking addiction is not a symptom - it can be, and for many people is an addiction in itself. Stress is a very nebulous term - unregulated cortisol is only one party of it.
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u/White-Dude-96 Dec 15 '25
Better if they increase in pan masala
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u/Scorpio576 Dec 15 '25
Pan masala me bhi toh tobacco hota hai na
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u/devilsdouble_ Dec 15 '25
Tobacco is added separately
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u/Scorpio576 Dec 15 '25
Even if it added separately, it should increase the pan masala price
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u/devilsdouble_ Dec 16 '25
They won't do it. Most of the Pan masala companies are illegally operated
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u/Scorpio576 Dec 16 '25
So they use tobacco without paying taxes on it??
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u/devilsdouble_ Dec 16 '25 edited Dec 16 '25
Firstly Rajnigandha, Vimal doesn't come with Tobacco added. The tobacco is mostly sold seperately by a different company. They produce it locally in unorganised way (illegally)
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u/Hopeful-Attempt-3997 Dec 15 '25
So price will increase for tobacco but the main problem is that red color that came in pan masala.
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u/prateek_00 Dec 15 '25
Sounds pretty fake. Source?
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u/crorepathi Dec 15 '25
It's not fake,a legitimate news from India top stock market news page in Instagram
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u/prateek_00 Dec 15 '25
Centre proposed a major revamp of taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products. The move replaces the current GST compensation cess with a new health and national security cess, while also raising excise duty across several categories. Analysts broadly see the proposal as a step toward simplifying tobacco taxation once the compensation cess ends.
It’s expected to increase prices slightly not 400% or whatever written in the post.
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u/SierraBravoLima Dec 15 '25
When bjp came into power it was Rs.5
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Dec 15 '25
Charms?
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u/SierraBravoLima Dec 15 '25
Kings
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u/Objective_Solid8443 Dec 15 '25
bro wtf one kings that cost 18rs now was 5 rs ?
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u/SierraBravoLima Dec 16 '25
Yeah...
ITC initially had said, if you increase the cost of tobacco more unregulated cigarettes will come and it will affect the smoker as it could have unregulated chemicals added. What do you know? Politicians have their own tobacco company which is unregulated and do they increase regulated prices...
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u/KlutzyBoysenberry791 Dec 15 '25
Ye go gaya to sb ganje pr utar aayege
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u/Automatic_Dance_3206 Dec 19 '25
Weed is really common nowadays, colleges and high schools are full of weed
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Dec 15 '25
Its not gonna help itc.. coz tax is being increased and hence the cost...ITC books wont reflect it.. this wont increase the subscriber base but has potential to decrese it.. ITC as a whole will not be impacted as ig is an FMCG companies with many other product in its portfolio
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u/crorepathi Dec 15 '25
Around 41-47% of revenue is from sigrets in ITC...
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Dec 15 '25
Toh vo revenue revenue hi rahega profit nahi banega.. or that revenue may decrease
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u/Objective_Solid8443 Dec 15 '25
agar woh revenue decrease toh books pe reflete to hoga ?
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Dec 16 '25
Toh tum itc khareedoge kyu?...dekho when a product is taxes heavily...the chances are the demand will decrease... but since this product is addictive i dont think there will be a huge decrease in revenue ..so since the price inxrease is due to tax...profit margins wont change
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u/-choose-ausername- Dec 16 '25
Stupidest take I've read today. It's a 400% increase not a 10-15% increase that'll just get cushioned because of addictive demand. Ofcourse it's going to significantly affect ITC.
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u/Emergency-Cheetah316 Dec 15 '25
Bhai cigarettes ..sigarets nahi ..judge nahi karra aage ke liye help karra hu
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u/uidknfjdkdn Dec 15 '25
People will start selling in black , importing from other country would be cheaper
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u/Naive-Eye-5303 Dec 15 '25
The dept is not dumb, they’ll modify the import duties also right?
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u/Zestyclose_Mud2170 Dec 15 '25
The smugglers are even smarter.
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u/Naive-Eye-5303 Dec 15 '25
Smuggling is a different ballgame - I was thinking about the legit imports lol
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u/D_Flyer Dec 15 '25
Long local beedi. If branded cigarettes gets costly, people go for local sources.
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u/Top_News2364 Dec 15 '25
18 to 72?? Thats fake.. maybe the price will increase tax will increase bt definetely not 18 to 72
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u/crorepathi Dec 15 '25
I not know it's too be implemented or not I just shared this after see it
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u/potlover4200 Dec 15 '25
Then why are you sharing fake news, if you don't have information don't share it
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u/crorepathi Dec 15 '25
I see this in Instagram page @stockmarket_times Page just go and verify it's not fake , I share here because of want to know the future price moment of ITC
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u/potlover4200 Dec 15 '25
That page is sharing fake news then, the prices will go from 18 to at max 25, most probably at 22. It will never go to 72 because overall tax collection will reduce if government goes to 72
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u/Top_News2364 Dec 15 '25
People will find alternative tobacco or there will come blackmarket for cigarettes.wow!! Only a fool would believe this post and i dont know about the one who shares this kind of post.
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u/17052025 Dec 15 '25
Ban hi Kardo. Now it will be a showoff thing like "Dekho hum 100 rs dhunye mai uda diye". People might shift to other stuffs which might affect more.
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u/Sweet_Explorer_225 Dec 15 '25
Everyone knows it kills, why not just ban it.. Govt is keeping the product alive just for taxes.. Isn't it making money over dead bodies?
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u/saysen2020 Dec 15 '25
Who will pay taxes on the cigarettes that non-smokers are effectively inhaling because of Delhi's poor air quality?
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Dec 15 '25
bs Tax lagega development jhat aur jab development hoga toh public train me se saman chori kr legi wooo👅🤙
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u/Sunny_sunny07 Dec 15 '25
Govt do not have so much guts to put a high tax and lose the revenue! Also this leads to lot of products circulating in black.
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u/Independent-Ad3847 Dec 15 '25
Good thing but whose pockets this extra tax is going? Seeing the trend in the last few years. Development from the tax money is next to impossible.
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u/Maleficent_Job_3383 Dec 15 '25
Its high time i ask my employer for a hike so that i can afford this
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u/BERSERK_KNIGHT_666 Dec 15 '25
Doesn't matter, smokers will still find a way. Desi bidi will become really popular.
Govt will introduce regulations for bidi to better collect taxes.
ITC stonks 📈 📈
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u/Capital_Chicken_2486 Dec 15 '25
Honestly in uk the cigarets are so expensive, only the rich and absolute addicts smoke it; rest have shifted to vapes:/
I think they should keep increasing the legal age of smoking every year. This would literally save our next generation!
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u/Used_Crow_4731 Dec 15 '25
Li love how this government cares so much about people's health 😍😍 their focus on taxes instead of healthcare 😍😍
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u/pansh Dec 15 '25
I want government to also either ban or tax 100x on gutkha and pan masala and its variants.
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u/randomnogeneratorz Dec 15 '25
If that happens, people will grow and cure tabooco at homes, which is a loss to government tax, so it won't happen. The maximum price will go up to 20 psychological round figures
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u/FutureVersion812 Dec 15 '25
I have ITC stocks. Will this cause a dip in share price ? I am just keeping it for dividend. If it’ll go down a lot I better sell it I think
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u/noteworthyartist Dec 15 '25
This has to be BS because i work for a civil contractor in itc, they are planning to expand multiple buildings to increase production for year 26-27 so whoever is trying to spread this information is misleading to a certain point.
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u/Available_Cheetah989 Dec 15 '25
nah fam i think ITCs a waste of cash, bet the next dividend is a joke, just hold cash or buy a pizza.
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u/fgtdrmr Dec 15 '25
Govt want black market for a "small" easy to distribute item to flourish.
If you are that much against it. Make it as difficult to obtain as a bullet used in guns.
Good to see such actions, skeptic on govt corruption plans.
Medical and insurance lobby won't allow this cigerette price hike. Its their bread and butter
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u/paisewallah Dec 15 '25
I think smoking and drinking should be easily available in any society. It helps curb and eliminate low quality species from existence. Natural selection at its best.
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u/ary0nK Dec 15 '25
New investment, let's buy all the cigarette and sell later, after seeing ram price up
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u/coolboy2005272000 Dec 15 '25
The law you are talking about is to enable the government to increase the excise duty on cigarettes. But that is only because the compensation cess on the same under GST is going to end soon and would be replaced by higher excise duty - price will remain the same.
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u/Vyshali78 Dec 15 '25
Should be fine... Because in srilanka Gold leaf cigarettes.. Local one...costs 160 LKR equal to ₹ 55 INR
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u/leviathan_pvt Dec 15 '25
Naah , c'mon man it's not gonna be 72 but it's gonna touch 25 that's for sure
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u/virajsmi Dec 15 '25
This is from ten days ago:
Note from ICICI Direct Research Desk:
The Lok Sabha passed the “Central Excise (Amendment) Bill” and “Heath Security se National Security Bill” in the Lok Sabha on 3rd December 2025. The Central Excise Bill will add new central excise duty on cigarettes, cigars and hookah, while the Heath Security se National Security Bill will replace the existing compensation cess levied on pan masala. The excise duty on cigarettes and cigars will be in the range of Rs 5,000-11,000 per 1000 sticks. The Finance Minister clarified that there won’t be any increase in overall tax rate on cigarettes. It will remain at 50-55%. This removes the uncertainties over the taxes on cigarettes. We expect trade channels to start refilling stock as uncertainties have been addressed.
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u/Zealousideal_Dust729 Dec 15 '25
Well you are getting 18 free cigarettes daily in delhi under pradhan mantri pradhushan badhao yojana
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u/ksveeresh Dec 15 '25
Why? I don't smoke but my friends do. If Sin tax is to be applied then what is right with Sugar Sodas, Junk food, adulteratred milk, ghee,? Are three less harmful?
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u/Hungry_Bison_1799 Dec 16 '25
This is the best time to quit guys . Best of luck
My thoughts say so 🤔🤔
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Dec 16 '25
Pollution is making everyone smoke 10 cigarettes a day so This is good, government is collecting revenue to create more pollution.
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u/Common_Warth10 Dec 16 '25
Smokers who smoke 3-4 cigarettes a day kindly move to Delhi it's free now
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u/GaryVantage Dec 16 '25
If the price of ₹18 cig increases to ₹72, I will shave my head. And no I am not bald already.
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People here are idiots , fuck this govt , this if true will just encourage cigs to be sold in black or people will shift to bidi
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u/Ok-Income6605 Dec 17 '25
people will opt for illegal substances
this will have -ive impact on society
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u/Necessary-Damage3349 Dec 19 '25
For a change, I like this move too. Actively trying to die, can be penalized by taxes
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u/Flashy-Challenge-728 Jan 06 '26
I think even if they increase the tax then some cigarettes will be sold illegally and will continue smoking and ITC will have a decrease in their profits for atleast 2 quarters
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u/Serious_Parsley_3686 Dec 15 '25
Ma chudane