| American champions of healthy lifestyles are confident that the economic crisis - the most opportune time for a new all-out attack on the bad habits people. It is in difficult times increase in the price of tobacco products may be, for many decisive impetuses to quit smoking, consider the opponents of tobacco.
From 1 April in the U.S. come into force new taxes on tobacco products. Taxes on cigarettes increased slightly almost tripled - from 39 cents to 1.01 dollars per pack. The major tobacco companies, usually fiercely fought against increasing the excise tax on tobacco, this time decided to draw benefit from the situation in advance and raised the price of cigarettes by 70-80 cents per pack. Experts expect that in the coming months, the number of smokers in the country could be reduced by 507%, reports AP.
Dramatically increased taxes on cigarettes, not only but also for all types of tobacco and related products, including tube and chewing tobacco, cigars, cigarette sleeves, etc.
Additional funds generated from tax increases, the U.S. government intends to put the financing of a new program of children's health. This approach, however, there are opponents who believed that it was impossible to put such an important program in dependence on the behavior of a minority of smokers, which, moreover, even among the most disadvantaged segments of American society.
It can be assumed that the correct public finances at the expense of hard-core smokers in a situation of crisis and want other governments. |
