Increasing Hong Kong’s tobacco tax every year will effectively discourage smoking, says health secretary
July 13, 2023 by scmp.com
Increasing Hong Kong’s tobacco tax every year will effectively discourage smoking, says health secretary
Hong Kong’s health chief has said increasing tobacco taxes every year is an effective way to discourage smoking but has stressed that authorities plan to consult the public on the issue.
Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau made the suggestion on Thursday, a day after his bureau launched a 2½-month public consultation on anti-smoking strategies, covering 14 proposed measures ranging from increasing tobacco tax to banning people born after a certain date from buying cigarettes.
24.90% of the adult population are current smokers. There are approximately 293.5 million current smokers in China 47.30% of men are current smokers but only 2.00% of women.
SOURCE: GSTHR
