Year: 2022

TAX INCREASES. "Total UK tobacco tax revenues between 1990-2013 rise from 6.8 BN to 12.3 Bn pounds or 80% increase." http://www.the-tma.org.uk/tma-publications-research/facts-figures/tax-revenue-from-tobacco/ View in LinkedIn

TOBACCO TAX ATLAS: the higher the cigarette taxes, the lower cigarette consumption, an effective way to curb smoking. A 10% increase in cigarette prices results in a 2-6% lower demand in high income countries, and 2-8% in low to middle income countries. https://lnkd.in/djEhNXA View in LinkedIn

TOBACCO TAX INCOME is one of the most reliable sources of revenue, and any significant reduction in this revenue resulting from declining smoking is dwarfed by the much larger reduction in private and public costs of smoking. https://lnkd.in/dp_AsdV View in LinkedIn

TOBACCO TAX INCOME AS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL. 2008 figures for some EC countries: Bulgaria 7.8%; Poland 4.0%; Luxenbourg 3.5%; Greece 3.0%; Hungary 2.6%; Czech Rep 2.3%; UK 1.5%; Germany 1.4%; Belgium 1.2%; Finland 0.8%. https://lnkd.in/dhcCm5W View in LinkedIn

UK SOCIETAL COST FROM SMOKING including £3.1 Bn in direct costs, and including indirect costs, a total £12.9 Bn a year. http://www.ash.org.uk/files/documents/ASH_121.pdf View in LinkedIn

USA COSTS OF SMOKING. "During 2000–2004, the value of cigarettes sold in the United States averaged $71 billion per year, while cigarette smoking was responsible for an estimated $193 billion in annual health-related economic losses." https://lnkd.in/drxbEtM View in LinkedIn

COSTS OF TOBACCO ILLNESSES. $96 Billion dollars were spent on tobacco-related healthcare costs in the United States from 2000 to 2004, instead of being spent on things ... Other countries spent: $16.6 Billion dollars, France; $9.5 Billion dollars, United Kingdom; $6.2 Billion dollars, China; $2.8 Billion dollars, Canada. http://www.cancer.org/research/infographicgallery/tobacco-infographic-text-alternative View in LinkedIn

US SOCIETAL COSTS OF SMOKING. $193 billion healthcare costs and productivity loss. http://www.cancer.org/research/infographicgallery/tobacco-related-healthcare-costs View in LinkedIn

US SOCIAL COST OF TOBACCO. "In 2000–2004, cigarette smoking cost more than $193 billion (i.e., $97 billion in lost productivity plus $96 billion in health care expenditures). Information published in 2005 documented that secondhand smoke costs more than $10 billion (i.e., health care expenditures, morbidity, and mortality)." https://lnkd.in/dHzHrjf View in LinkedIn

MISINFORMATION RULES. "Health campaigners insist the industry is in fact lobbying hard to block international standards on tobacco control. "The tobacco industry thrives on ignorance of the true harms of tobacco and using misinformation to subvert health policies that could save millions," said Peter Baldini, chief executive of the World Lung Foundation." https://lnkd.in/dMdqgzf View in LinkedIn