New Delhi: The consumption of beedis is higher than that of cigarettes in the age group of 15 years and above, Health Minister JP Nadda told the Parliament on Friday.
However, the government does not have any plans of changing the tax structure to curb its consumption, he told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.
Nadda said as per the information received from the Finance Ministry, there is no proposal under consideration as of now to introduce a uniform taxation structure on cigarettes which covers all lengths and does not allow for product substitution of higher taxed cigarette lengths with lower taxed cigarette lengths.
