THE government is willing to terminate the cigarette industry and face revenue losses if that is what it takes to get more people to stop smoking, according to the Department of Finance (DoF).

On the sidelines of the press briefing on sin taxes last Friday, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd said ending the sector was “what we want.”

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