Politician: Members of the national legislature have received a very large number of phone calls and letters from people wanting to express their opinions about the new bill before the legislature, which would increase the current tax on bidis and cigarettes by one rupee per pack to pay for new antismoking advertisements
Since a great majority of these people expressed opposition to the bill, it is clear that the public overwhelmingly opposes this tax increase
Most antismoking advertisements are currently paid for by private organizations rather than being funded by taxes paid to the government.