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Re: SDPC-marking on Every Stick of Cigarette

With effect from 1 January 2009, all duty-paid cigarettes sold in Singapore will be legally required to be marked with the letters “SDPC” (which stands for Singapore Duty-Paid Cigarettes).

All cigarettes will continue to be sold in packets bearing the graphic health warning lables as stipulated by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA).

The SDPC will be marked on every individual stick of cigarettes.

Here's how it will look like:

What about smokers returning to Singapore from overseas? How will their packet of cigarettes be treated at the checkpoint?

There are no duty-free concessions or GST relief for cigarettes and other tobacco products in Singapore since 1991. Persons arriving in Singapore who bring in cigarettes or tobacco products are required to declare them for payment of duty and GST.

Arriving travellers and returning Singaporeans who have brought in cigarettes from overseas for their own consumption and have paid duty are advised to reproduce their receipts as proof of payment of duty and GST when checked by Customs officers.

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