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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

CHINESE TOBACCO COMPANIES are so closely entwined with the government that regulation may be impossible. Similar cosy relations happened in the US, UK and Europe. https://lnkd.in/dFgaGMv 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

CHINESE GOVERNMENT TOBACCO INCOME. "China’s government is hooked on cigarette revenues. In 2012 the tobacco industry turned over 717 billion yuan in profits and taxes to government coffers, which made up 6% of official revenue. Not surprisingly, tobacco is as big in Beijing politics as petroleum and property." https://lnkd.in/dFgaGMv 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