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China's new 'condom tax' draws skepticism and worries over health risks
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FILE - A participant hugs a condom mascot during an event to promote awareness of HIV testing ahead of the Dec 1 World AIDS Day, in Beijing, China, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014. - photo by AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File
China will soon start collecting a value-added tax on contraceptive drugs and products for the first time in over three decades, a move aligned with Beijing’s effort to get families to have more children after decades of limiting most to one child. “Contraceptive drugs and products” will not be tax-exempt as of Jan. 1, according to the country's newest value-added tax law. Products such as condoms will be subject to the usual 13% value-added tax imposed on most products.