Smoking is responsible for approximately one in five deaths in the United States. From 1997 to 2001, smoking killed an estimated 438,000people in the USA each year. Among adults, the three leading specific causes of smoking attributable deaths were from lung cancer, chronic abstractive pulmonary disease and ischemic heart disease.
The French government has decided to raise the price of cigarettes dramatically in order to discourage people from smoking, but the smoker did not lessen.
In Korea, the government has raised the price, but the smokers as same as before. The government hoped the smoker be lessen, so they raised the price from ₩1,000 to ₩3,000.
Where will the tax be used for? Will the tax be used for non-smoker? In French and Korea do not. They use the tax for government budget and government stock, etc.
So, the government wants to raise the price just to increase revenue. It does not for non-smoker, who the government said have to quit smoking cigarette. There are many reasons why smokers smoke cigarettes. If the government really cared about smoker’s heath, they should give a comfortable life to the poorest people who are smoker. If they enjoy their life maybe they might want to live a bit longer.
Otherwise, make many smoke area and non-smoke area, and make limits. I think Japan have good limits. In Japan, they have Taspo card what can prove you are an adult. Then, in convenience store they check the buyer’s age.
Where will the tax be used for? Will the tax be used for non-smoker? In French and Korea do not. They use the tax for government budget and government stock, etc.
So, the government wants to raise the price just to increase revenue. It does not for non-smoker, who the government said have to quit smoking cigarette. There are many reasons why smokers smoke cigarettes. If the government really cared about smoker’s heath, they should give a comfortable life to the poorest people who are smoker. If they enjoy their life maybe they might want to live a bit longer.
Otherwise, make many smoke area and non-smoke area, and make limits. I think Japan have good limits. In Japan, they have Taspo card what can prove you are an adult. Then, in convenience store they check the buyer’s age.
I think the cigarettes price shouldn’t be raised. It depends on individuals. If people do not like cigarettes, they can stay away from smoker.
