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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

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

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 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

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

UK TOBACCO TAX INCOME. "Consumer spending on tobacco products in 2012 amounted to an estimated £15.1 billion, around 85% of this on cigarettes. Tax revenue from tobacco in 2012/13 amounted to £12.3 billion – £9.7 billion in excise duty plus £2.6 billion in VAT." http://www.the-tma.org.uk/tma-publications-research/facts-figures/tax-revenue-from-tobacco/ View in LinkedIn

THE REAL POWER. "I thought the telecom and railway companies were rich and powerful. Now I've met tobacco."" "Bloomberg Business Week, December 15-21, 2914. Pages 50-53." " View in LinkedIn

WORLD CIGARETTE RETAIL VOLUME 2013, by number of cigarettes: China, 2.5 trillion; Russia, 347 billion; USA, 285 billion. One third of all cigarettes are smoked in China. In: Bloomberg Business Week, December 15-21, 2914. Pages 50-53. View in LinkedIn

WORLD TOBACCO MARKET SHARES: China National Tobacco, 43.2%; other, 16.6%; Philip Morris International, 14.3%; British American Tobacco, 11.6%; Japan Tobacco, 9.4%; Imperial Tobacco, 4.9%. Ref: Bloomberg Business Week, December 15-21, 2914. Pages 50-53. View in LinkedIn

CHINESE TOBACCO REGULATION. "For all practical purposes, China National and its regulator are the same entity: They share headquarters in Beijing and have the exact same organizational structure, the similar website, and even the identical chief executive." https://lnkd.in/dPAGGKq View in LinkedIn