The organization commissioned a social cost-benefit analysis (SCBA) in collaboration with the various bodies.
“It is often said that smoking is good from a financial point of view for the company because it provides the Treasury tax revenue smokers die younger age and therefore do not use (for example) their accrued pensions and retirement. This research proves the opposite, “said Michel Rudolphie, director of the Dutch Cancer Society.
the negative impact of smoking on health has economic implications for society. Thus according to the report issued 2.8 billion euros in the Netherlands in 2010 from diseases caused directly by smoking.
Currently it 23 percent of the Dutch population smoking over fifteen years.
cost
the SCBA was at the national level include looking at health benefits, labor productivity and tax revenue.
the study various tobacco sont courageous income policy scenarios compared, including scenarios only tax increases and scenarios with a combination of measures such as smoke-free environments, support for smoking cessation, warnings about harmful effects of tobacco marketing restrictions on the tobacco industry and the continuous increase in the price of tobacco products (through tax increase).
Benefits
All the scenarios studied would result in the investigation in a benefit to society.
in scenarios where especially the number of smokers declines, as a result of such mass media campaigns, the benefits are greatest consumers (better quality of life) as well as for employers (fewer productivity losses).
In scenarios where rising excise taxes, revenues for the government would be greatest.
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