Recent news reports say , Indian cigarette
industry is in trouble
Last quarter , sales declined by some 9 % , presumably because cigarette
prices went up by 23 % , due to increased taxes
Come 28 Feb ( next budget ) and very likely the taxes will go up even
further , as these have , year after year
But if government is hoping that rising prices alone will stop people from
smoking – and dying - , it is not likely to happen , any time soon !
And
60 lakh of people will continue to die in India every year due to smoking
induced cancer
All over the World , tobacco smoking killed 7.1 million people in 2016 ,
as per a study / survey conducted by Institute for Health Metrics and
Evaluation ( HME ) , at the University of Washington
But these unnaturally early deaths can be
prevented , should the Government were to adopt a long term ROAD MAP , as described in my
following blog :
Going Upin Smoke ? [ 18
Aug 2013 ]
If there is a political will , it is not
difficult to save 60 lakh lives every year !
21 Sept 2017
www.hemenparekh.in /
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