the Price of a pack of cigarettes in 2017 will grow by 15-25 rubles, but will not reach the level of 220 rubles per pack. About it the correspondent “of Rosbalt” was told by a member of the coordination Council on tobacco control at the Ministry of health of Russia Viktor Zykov. The expert believes that tobacco should be expensive.
As told Zykov, next year the excise rate on tobacco products will actually increase by 26% — up to 2 123 thousand rubles per thousand cigarettes. But this does not mean that the average price of a pack will be 220 rubles. For this to happen, the excise tax should be increased to 6 thousand rubles per thousand cigarettes.
“the figures on which said MVD is the plan, the goal to which we should strive. But next year we will not achieve. Growth will be 26%. The average price of a pack will increase by 15-25 rubles, it will cross the mark of 100 rubles. The increase will be minor, but of course we support it. Any increase in the excise tax on tobacco reduces Smoking prevalence, increases state revenues. This is the most effective measure in the world. Reduced affordability of cigarettes. Young children will not be able to buy this product because of the high prices. People who feel the economic incentives, also giving up Smoking. For best results you really need to raise the excise tax by 2-3 times. What is said of the interior Ministry — this is our goal, but we will not achieve in the next year,” said Zykov.
Previously, the newspaper “Izvestia” reported that the average cost of a pack of cigarettes in 2017 may reach 220 RUB the Paper referred to on the available version of the letter, Deputy interior Minister Arkady Gostev, the Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on budget and financial markets Sergey Ryabukhina.
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