{
  "id": 8620015,
  "title": "General : Budget 2027: CAP Calls For Higher Cigarette Tax To Curb Smoking Among Youth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/general-budget-2027-cap-calls-for-higher-cigarette-tax-to-curb",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-20T03:51:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bernama",
    "slug": "bernama",
    "url": "http://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2609428"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "GEORGE TOWN, Sept 20 (Bernama) -- The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) has urged the Finance Ministry to consider increasing the sales tax on cigarettes in Budget 2027 as a measure to curb the rising smoking habit among youths.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}