[单项选择]China plans to increase taxes on mid-and low-end cigarettes (67) curb expanding tobacco (68) in the country. The move follows the tax hike targeting high-end cigarettes in 2009, (69) hasn’t met the country’s target of (70) the rising use of tobacco, Chen said. "We notice that most of the growing proportion of smokers are young adults, who (71) low-end cigarettes and are (72) to prices. As such, I’m confident that the tax hike will effectively help reduce the number of smokers without affecting fiscal (73) ," Chen said on the sidelines of the plenary sessions of the ongoing National People’s Congress. The tax charge is (74) given the growing health and environmental concerns (75) smoking, Chen said.
China National Tobacco Corp, the country’s State-owned cigarette monopoly, reported an (76) net profit of 117.7 billion Yuan ($18.6 billion) in 2010. The profit has triggered widespread public (