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Sin tax collection on cigarettes reached P106-B in 2025
The Philippine government collected P106 billion in excise taxes on cigarettes and P2 billion on vapor products from January to September 2025, marking a significant increase from the previous year.
Former BIR Commissioner Romeo Lumagui attributed the rise in collections to the BIR's aggressive enforcement and nationwide raids targeting excisable articles.
Despite the increase, the current tobacco excise tax collection is still short of the P170 billion peak recorded in 2021.
House ways and means panel chair Romero Quimbo questioned whether the decline is due to the effectiveness of the 2012 Sin Tax law in discouraging unhealthy habits or a shift in consumer behavior towards vapor products.
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