This Government is too tobacco friendly
7,000 smoking related preventable deaths per year
Ignores WHO mPOWER guidelines
http://www.who.int/tobacco/mpower/raise_taxes/en/index.html
Data source : HK Customs and Excise department
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Tobacco excise revenue |
HK$ |
Preventative tax |
Sticks (billion) |
Sticks per month |
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2006 |
2,701,121,896 |
no excise increase |
2.67871 |
223,225,950 |
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2007 |
2,834,088,771 |
no excise increase |
3.49573 |
291,310,830 |
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2008 |
3,070,539,544 |
no excise increase |
3.79022 |
315,851,660 |
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2009 |
3,140,029,172 |
50% excise increase |
2.8873 |
240,608,330 |
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2010 |
3,817,388,053 |
no excise increase |
3.13746 |
261,455,160 |
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2011 |
4,372,179,964 |
41.45% excise increase |
2.87713 |
239,760,830 |
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2012 |
5,024,396,014 |
no excise increase |
2.91366 |
242,804,910 |
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(projected) 2013 |
5,244,765,700 |
no excise increase |
3.03985 |
253,321,280 |
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Stick consumption comparison |
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Cost of tobacco-related diseases, including passive smoking, in Hong Kong 1999 |
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2013 UP 13.48% above 2006 levels |
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Per annum cost to society |
HK$ 73.32 billion |
(includes loss of life) |
2013 UP 5.28% above 2009 levels |
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2013 UP 5.65% above 2011 levels |
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Mortality and smoking in Hong Kong |
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2013 UP 4.33% above 2012 levels |
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