Cigarette price increases, weaning aid and “Tobacco Free Month” operation would have led to a significant drop in the number of daily smokers, while tobacco remains the leading cause of preventable cancer.
A “HISTORIC” DROP OF ONE MILLION SMOKERS IN 2017!
600.000 daily smokers in the first half of 2018, after a drop of 1 million in 2017 qualified by the government of "historic": the results announced Monday morning by Matignon have something to cheer public health actors.
According to the government, this is proof that the control measures adopted over the past year are bearing fruit. Triptych winner according to the health authorities: gradual increase in the price of the pack up to 10 euros by 2020, reimbursement of nicotine substitutes by the Health Insurance and operation Month without tobacco in November.
The rising price of tobacco is recognized as one of the best measures to fight smoking. "It is one of the most effective levers to reduce the number of smokers (...), but also to ensure that young people do not start smokingr ", explained thus recently Loïc Josseran, Professor of Public Health and President of the Alliance against Tobacco.
«This price increase must be sufficiently convincing and fast to have an effect, notes however Loïc Josseran. Between 2005 and 2010, the price has increased very little or incrementally, and consumption has been almost stable. The decline in consumption was only marked by extremely rapid and significant price increases.»
NOT ONLY A DROP OF DELIVERIES TO BURALISTS!
In a recent tweet, The Professor Bertrand Dautzenberg tries to give certain details explaining that there is indeed a real drop in smoking rates and not just a drop in deliveries of cigarettes to tobacconists.
The reported ↘️ of 1,6 million smokers in 18 months corresponds to ↘️ 11,4%. Over the same period ↘️ 13,2% of deliveries of cigarettes to tobacconists. Data incompatible with "contraband". These data reflect real “smoking and not contraband”. pic.twitter.com/LqCrCkcCQG
- Pr. B Dautzenberg (@parissanstabac) March 25, 2019
Often overlooked by health authorities, e-cigarettes obviously played a big role in this decline. Each year, vaping takes more and more importance in France and today even tobacconists have embarked on the niche of risk reduction.
Source : Sante.lefigaro.fr/
