If you are a smoker, expect to pay more for your ciggies as cigarette prices are expected to go up tomorrow by 70 sen for a pack of 20 sticks making the increase one of the highest in recent history, previous hikes being between 10 and 30 sen.
Most 20-stick packs, which is currently sold at RM9.30, will cost RM10. Packs of high-grade cigarettes are expected to cost as much as RM14. Price hikes could be one of the reasons people quit smoking and it has been predicted that the price hike would cause cigarette sales to drop by 10%.