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International Law

Egypt fights smoking with new tobacco tax

CAIRO - (AP) Egyptian smokers saw prices surge Thursday by as much as 100 percent as the government slapped new taxes on tobacco products in a bid to curb smoking and raise money for public health programs in the Arab world's most populous nation.

As part of a new law passed in May ...

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