Increase in Hong Kong’s tobacco excise duty received in 2007 $ 132,961,161 over 2006
In UK in 7 months after their complete ban with tobacco tax at $62 a packet and free quit lines many people have given up
In Hong Kong with Smoking exemptions and tax of $ 16 a packet the smoking rates have increased dramatically after our ‘ban’.
A 100% increase in local excise tax woud stop 40% of our youth smoking.