The price of a cigarette increases by Rs 13/-
Owing to the increase of the production tax of 5% and the 15% VAT the price of a cigarette would increase by about Rs 13/- has been reported from the retail market sources.
Accordingly the prices of the different brands of
cigarette are as follows"Bristol the low price cigarette-Rs 35/-
Bristol the high price cigarette-Rs 38/-
Gold leaf cigarette- Rs 48/-
Benson and Hedges cigarette Rs 51/_
Dun-hill cigarette Rs 54/-
It is learnt that knowing about this increase there has been a shortage of cigarettes in the retail market.