Money down the drain. How much is a pack of cigarettes in different countries – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, 21 Dec — RIA Novosti. the Average price of a pack of cigarettes in 2017 can be about 220 rubles. To such conclusion came the Ministry of internal Affairs, calculating a new value of cigarettes given the increase in excise duties on tobacco products next year, reported “Izvestia”.

the Current price of a pack of cigarettes is 90 rubles, and though this amount is much lower than in the United States and Europe, by comparison with the average monthly income of Russians, it looks quite high. The cost increase is more than two times will hurt the pockets of smokers who smokes up to 10 cigarettes per day, have to pay for his bad habit 3300 roubles a month, that is, one-tenth of the average Russian salary (35 843 thousand rubles).

Buy cigarettes cheaper than in Russia, for example, in the CIS countries — Belarus (86 rubles), Armenia (76 rubles) and Kazakhstan (60 rubles). Therefore, the interior Ministry said that the increase in excise duties will lead to the growth of counterfeiting and the impact on the criminalization of the market. According to the authors, smokers who choose inexpensive cigarettes, the inevitable move to illegal tobacco products manufactured in neighbouring States.

Tobacco companies fully support the view of the Ministry, however, data from the world health organization is still saying that even with such a high total cost increase excise taxes may be justified. According to studies, the increase in the price of cigarettes is the most effective method of fight against Smoking, which gives a much greater effect than anti-Smoking campaigns and Smoking ban in public places.

who estimates that, each time you increase the retail price by 10% the consumption of cigarettes decreases by about 4% in countries with high income and almost 8% in low and middle income. In addition, the price factor helps to reduce Smoking among young people.

in order to cigarette prices was in line with who recommendations, the excise tax on tobacco should be 70% of their value. As the experience of other countries, many States have long paid attention to such reports. So, in the European Union for all countries introduced a minimum rate of excise duty in the amount of 90 euros per 1,000 cigarettes. As a result, even the new EU members at the time had to come to terms with high prices for tobacco products in Bulgaria and Latvia, smokers pay 203 rubles per pack, and in Lithuania — 209.

Thus, even when the increase in the cost of a pack of cigarettes in Russia to 220 rubles, most Europeans will still find the price very reasonable. Especially attractive it would seem the people of UK who after much effort managed to enter semidesyatiletiyu the excise tax and to establish the average price of a pack of cigarettes in the amount of 680 roubles.

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