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Cigarette giants at war over plans to amend Finance Bill

By Standard Digital | 15yrs ago

BY JOHN NJIRAINI

Two leading cigarette manufacturers are embroiled in a major turf war over a proposed amendment to the Finance Bill 2010 on cigarette excise duty.

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