Those cigarettes would also cost significantly more in Melbourne (277 US dollars), Singapore (361 US dollars), Paris (361 US dollars) and Dublin (577 US dollars), the survey found.
The study by health groups in Hong Kong was released ahead of Wednesday's (February 24th) budget when financial secretary John Tsang is under pressure to push up the price of cigarettes in the city of 7 million.
Smoking in bars and restaurants and many public places in Hong Kong was banned from January 2007 although a powerful lobby group won temporary exemptions to the ban for many venues.
Reference: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/310503,cigarettes-too-cheap-in-hong-kong-health-groups-say.html, Earth Times, 2/22/2010.
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