The National Committee against Smoking (CNCT) said on Tuesday that "
the tax increases
" to come must apply to "
all products
" including rolling tobacco and heated tobacco, and reach at least 70 cents for the package. of cigarettes, in order to reduce consumption.
Tax increases are the most effective and profitable tool for reducing tobacco consumption, as shown by all of the scientific literature
", writes the CNCT in a press release, in particular "
among the younger generations and of the most precarious categories, more sensitive to the price argument
".
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If the anti-tobacco association "
supports the government initiative to index the price of tobacco to inflation
" provided for in the Social Security Financing Bill (PLFSS) presented the day before in the Council of Ministers, it would like see taxation increase "
on all tobacco products
", citing "
cigarettes, rolling tobacco, heated tobacco
", to "
avoid consumption transfers
".
Below 70 cents per pack, price increases, given the "
particularly addictive nature of tobacco
" will "
only penalize the purchasing power of smokers
" without lowering consumption, estimates the CNCT.
"
These tax increases on tobacco products are all the more urgent as smoking has started to rise again, following the establishment of a tax moratorium, in the context of the Covid-19 epidemic, and a particularly unfavorable social situation
," he says.
The most precarious first victims
Because "
the most precarious populations are the first victims of smoking
", recalls the CNCT, which considers "
more than ever necessary
" the "
resumption of a strong fiscal policy
" to "
achieve the objective of reaching a first generation tobacco-free by 2032
,” says its president, Professor Yves Martinet.
“
Two million fellow citizens have quit smoking since the price of a pack of cigarettes was increased, it is a strong prevention axis
”, declared Tuesday the Minister of Health François Braun on franceinfo.
"
I am ready to assume that the price of tobacco follows inflation - it would be absurd for tobacco to be cheaper than other consumer products, what I do not want to assume are the 74,000 tobacco-related deaths per year
" , he added, specifying that "
all tobacco products will have the same taxation - tobacco to heat, to roll -, it is logical
".
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