Thursday, a new rise in the price of tobacco will be put in place. In touching the wallet, the minister's goal is to create awareness among consumers.
FOR "A GROWING AWARENESS" AMONG SMOKERS!
The Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn hopes that the increase of one euro in the price of packets of cigarettes, which will come into force on Thursday, will cause an "awareness" among smokers.
“A significant budget”. The objective of this measure is to obtain " an awareness of those who smoke that it represents a significant budget, and that at a time when everyone wants to increase their purchasing power, maybe this amount Could be spent otherwise, the minister said Tuesday on CNews. The price of cigarettes will increase to around 8 euros per pack from March 1, an increase of one euro on average, which illustrates the government's desire to reduce tobacco consumption.
Several thousand euros per year and per smoker. This is the second increase implemented since the arrival of the new government after four years of stability, and further increases are planned in the coming years to bring the price of a pack of cigarettes to 10 euros. November 2020. " Eight euros, I think it's starting to have a considerable impact on purchasing power, it is important to know that at the end of the year, several thousand euros per year are put into cigarettes (by each smoker , editor's note). And then, it has a societal cost with 73.000 deaths per year, and a cost for Social Security of 20 billion euros each year, and broken lives and families.“, Defended the minister.
The societal cost. The State, which included in the National Health Strategy adopted at the end of 2017, the promotion of " healthy behaviors“, Estimates the social costs linked to tobacco at 26,6 billion. In January, the National Cancer Institute (INCa) estimated at 400.000 new cases of cancer in 2017 (all causes) and deaths at 150.000.
Source : Europe1
