Tag: cigarette prices
Pakistani Study: Higher Cigarettes Prices Reduce Tobacco Consumption
Titled, “Switch, Reduce or Quit: How do smokers respond to tobacco tax increases in Pakistan,” the study revealed that a 50% increase in price...
UK Study: Increased Cigarette Prices Indicate Plain Packaging Success
Cigarette prices were actually higher one year after the standardized packaging legislation was introduced, not lower.In November 2017, the UK court of appeals had...
88% of Indonesians in Favour of Increased Cigarette Prices
The relatively low cost of cigarettes in Indonesia, keeps cigarettes affordable even amongst the country’s poorest communities. Sadly the local government has so far...
Do Increased Cigarette Prices Encourage Smokers to Quit?
Study author Prof Prabhat Jha, from the University of Toronto and St Michael's Hospital, says that increased cigarette prices would not only save millions...
Smoking bans don’t work, increased cigarette prices do, say researchers
The latest research suggests that just adding $1 to the current price of a packet of cigarettes ‘could help millions of smokers quit’. "Older...
