[the truth]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

They should stop selling beer at pocket money prices, and these supermarket deals are a big lure for people to buy much more than they need to feel they are getting a bargain, all they are getting is addicted, win win for the supermarkets and the drinks companies.
They spend millions on advertising, marketting and promotions to get us and keep us hooked.
The government have again been pressured to put big business before the public.
Can you prove the bolded bit? As the last stats I saw last week said a 40% increase, I could dig it out if you want?

finally common sense, bravo

50 p a pint for booze is killing people by their thousands

as for the lie that increasing price didnt affect smoking, heres yet more proof it reduced it across the world and lost alex is yet again way wrong




"Higher cigarette prices reduce cigarette smoking by decreasing smoking prevalence and reducing the number of cigarettes smoked by continuing smokers.


Well over 100 studies from high-income countries have confirmed the inverse relationship between cigarette prices and cigarette smoking. The consensus among researchers working in this area is that a 10% increase in the price of cigarettes in developed countries will result in a 3 to 5% reduction in overall cigarette consumption. Studies that investigate the impact of cigarette prices on smoking prevalence and average smoking intensity among smokers separately generally find that approximately half of the impact of price on overall cigarette demand results from reducing the number of smokers.

Many studies conclude that youth and young adults as well as people from lower economic strata are more responsive to price than the general population.

Smokers living in areas with higher cigarette prices are significantly more motivated to quit. In high income countries, cigarette price promotions and/or access to cheaper cigarette sources do not impede the motivation to quit, but the impact of higher prices is more pronounced if sources of cheaper cigarettes are not available. The access to low-taxed cigarettes may deter smoking cessation attempts. Smokers who bought cigarettes from American Indian reservations were half as likely to make a quit attempt compared with those who bought full-priced cigarettes.

To have a positive impact on public health, cigarette prices need to keep up with the general level of inflation as well as rising incomes to keep cigarette affordability constant, and preferably decreasing.