Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning Geethanjana Gunewardena has said in Parliament today that the Sri Lankans had smoked 4200 million Cigarettes and 2270 million "Beedi"(a kind of local cigarette made from tobacco) in the year 2009.
He has revealed these facts by responding to a question raised by the opposition MP Ravi Karunanayake.Deputy Finance Minister has also said that the total earned tax revanue of the government from Cigarettes and Beedi in the the year 2009 was Rs.37,800 million.
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