End of Cheap Smokes - Ciggies to get new stamp

[sunny302]

Another innovation to smoke out duty unpaid ciggs

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Sep 10, 2008
Ciggies to get new stamp

When the rule comes into effect, all duty-paid cigarettes sold in Singapore will be required to be marked with the letters 'SDPC' (pictured). Selling cigarettes without the letters will be illegal. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE CUSTOMS

FROM Jan 1 2009, all duty-paid cigarettes sold in Singapore will need to be marked with the letters 'SDPC', which stands for Singapore Duty-Paid Cigarettes.
Once this new ruling kicks off, all unmarked cigarettes sold here would be deemed illegal.

This means that anyone caught selling, buying, or having in possession cigarettes without the SDPC marking would be committing an offence under the Customs and GST Acts.

'The availability of cheap duty-unpaid cigarettes will hamper our national effort to discourage to discourage smoking', said Mr Fong Yong Kian, Director-General of Customs.

'The marking will serve as deterrence against the peddling and buying of contrabrand cigarettes and help our officers in the enforcement efforts,' he added.

Under the Customs and GST Acts, smoking and possession of duty-unpaid cigarettes is an offence. For every packet of duty-unpaid cigarettes, the offender can be fined $500.

Members of the public can visit the Singapore Customs website for more information.

 

[ksterk]

so? more reason to up the price for cigg izt

 

[sunny302]

so? more reason to up the price for cigg izt

definitely lor!! cos the printing cost of the words "SDPC" is passed on to the manufacturer

 

[SIFU]

how difficult and expensive is it for counterfeit/unpaid taxes cigarettes to print that word??

not very ex or diff i suppose.. so in no time, all spore cigarettes, legal or illegal will have that stamp..

 

[zack123]

Give up smoking la. Dun burn away your money. 1 day $11.60....2 weeks you can get 1 gd screw already.

If you dont smoke, your health better, look better then better still get free screw. Then can use money to impress the date

 

[sunny302]

not very ex or diff i suppose.. so in no time, all spore cigarettes, legal or illegal will have that stamp..

U think they have not thought about that meh:(:....Market talk is that the stamp mark has "special" ink

 

[sunny302]

Give up smoking la. Dun burn away your money. 1 day $11.60....2 weeks you can get 1 gd screw already.

If you dont smoke, your health better, look better then better still get free screw. Then can use money to impress the date

Good advice ....But u can be sure that diehards will be diehards unless ciggs are priced out of reach

 

[Microsoft]

U think they have not thought about that meh:(:....Market talk is that the stamp mark has "special" ink

N how much the "spessir" ink gonna cost?? On 1 hand they approve the sales of ciggy, jack up the price, make super profit, get u addicted then label u as dirt.

Custom fail badly in controlling ciggy smuggling so once again cum out with brilliant idea as such... They make smoker pay for their incompetence... Watch it PAP... Ur downfall may not b as far as u tot...

 

[sunny302]

Relax lah bro!!!......Have learned to live with this bloody system for many2 years liao

 

[Microsoft]

Relax lah bro!!!......Have learned to live with this bloody system for many2 years liao

Got 2 do something 2 4get the misery... I find kio kway n play games most effective... Of course toking cok oso helps...:p:p

 

[sunny302]

.. I find kio kway n play games most effective... Of course toking cok oso helps...:p:p

True...True...Whatever that keeps the stresses away :p

 

[Frankiestine]

why the gov so desperate for hung kee tax money?

 

[sunny302]

why the gov so desperate for hung kee tax money?

What they cannot tahan is the loss of unpaid tax for all those ciggs that are smuggled across from our neighbours :p...First they hit smugglers and when it does not have the desired effect...they turn their attention to buyers

 

[BlueCat]

so get ready for another round of increase.

 

[sunny302]

so get ready for another round of increase.

An increase now will be from the manufacturer, not garment as budget day oredi over...Hopefully the increase come Jan 09 will be minimal

 

[dc7176]

i was stop twice by plain cloth custom officer...

but i m smokin duty paid cigs!! so no prob!!

caught at checkpoints for not declarin cigs is $200 per pack!

caught inland is $500 per pack!!

govt really earning a lot thru the fines!!

 

[BlueCat]

dc didi,
nice to see you here.

 

[sunny302]

i was stop twice by plain cloth custom officer...
but i m smokin duty paid cigs!! so no prob!!

Lucky u .... The increase in fines from $200 to $500 bucks is really having its effect :(

 

[hungary fighter]

rumour is that the price of a 20 sticks packet of cig may increase to $20.......

 

[sunny302]

rumour is that the price of a 20 sticks packet of cig may increase to $20.......

When it wanna come...it will come ...:(