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High Cigarette Prices Can Really Make You Quit Smoking

posted by martyb on Wednesday May 31 2017, @10:27PM   Printer-friendly
from the from-the-land-where-everything-wants-to-kill-you dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Increasing the prices and adding tax measures on tobacco products has been used to decrease the demand of cigarettes.

Many countries have successfully used tax policies to regulate the price of cigarette products. In Australia, a pack of cigarattes can cost up to $18, making it the most expensive country to buy cigarettes.

A report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) in 2016, found that the smoking rate in the country was at an all time low. In the last 20 years, smoking had decreased by almost 50 percent.

The study showed that less than 13 percent of Australians are daily smokers and fewer people are starting to smoke.

The report cites Australia as having one of the lowest smoking rates in the world, contributed in part by their implementation of increased taxes on tobacco products, plain packaging, and more restrictive smoke free environment laws.

Have the pictures of diseased lungs Australia puts on packs of cigarettes helped?

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  • (Score: 2) by stormreaver on Thursday June 01 2017, @04:21PM (2 children)

    by stormreaver (5101) on Thursday June 01 2017, @04:21PM (#518914)

    While vehicle exhaust can be bad, it's insignificant compared to cigarette smoke. The vast majority of passenger cars I see have no detectable exhaust, either. Additionally, they don't congregate on sidewalks; near doorways; or in small, enclosed spaces. The same couldn't be said for smokers before smoking bans.

    Car pollution is more tolerable than cigarette smoke, and car drivers tend to be more considerate than smokers.

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  • (Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Friday June 02 2017, @12:55AM (1 child)

    by hemocyanin (186) on Friday June 02 2017, @12:55AM (#519134) Journal

    Sorry, I don't buy it. I rarely ever smell smoke when I walk down the street and a whiff per week is absolutely insignificant except psychologically. Vehicles, industry, home heating however ...

    http://lae.mit.edu/air-pollution-causes-200000-early-deaths-each-year-in-the-u-s/ [mit.edu]

    The group tracked ground-level emissions from sources such as industrial smokestacks, vehicle tailpipes, marine and rail operations, and commercial and residential heating throughout the United States, and found that such air pollution causes about 200,000 early deaths each year. Emissions from road transportation are the most significant contributor, causing 53,000 premature deaths, followed closely by power generation, with 52,000.

    • (Score: 2) by stormreaver on Friday June 02 2017, @11:54AM

      by stormreaver (5101) on Friday June 02 2017, @11:54AM (#519314)

      Sorry, but you don't have to buy it. Facts don't change just because you want to wish them away. I find vehicle exhaust to be at least somewhat tolerable (assuming it's not belching smoke in my face), but cigarette smoke to be incapacitating; I also find cigarette smokers to be quite happy to belch smoke at people.

      I'm not going to continue this pointless debate. We're going to have to agree to disagree.