Tobacco/ cigarette consumption: India

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Tobacco :India 2012-14

The Times of India

Jan 27 2015 SMOKE SIGNALS

Tobacco consumption 2012-14

According to the WHO, tobacco is one of the world's biggest public health threats as it kills about six million people every year. Raising taxes on tobacco products has been found to be the most cost-effective method of reducing tobacco use. According to the recently released India Statistical Yearbook 2015, for the first time in eight years, excise revenue from tobacco products has witnessed a fall. Product-wise analysis suggests that excise revenue from chewing tobacco and other products has decreased between 2012-13 and 2013-14 while collections from cigarettes and biris have 19,892 14.2% 2012-13 increased. The increase, however, might be linked with the higher taxes imposed in recent years.