| The struggle against smoking is taking place around | | | | name of the capital of Iceland, Reykjavik, is translated |
| the world. Some countries imposed tobacco producers | | | | as "fuming" Bay, but the "tobacco wars" soon |
| with huge taxes. However, numerous studies have | | | | suppressed all cigarette outbursts. Since 1999, in Iceland |
| shown that these measures do not force people to | | | | have banned smoking in the educational, medical, and |
| stop cigarettes smoking. | | | | government institutions, as well as in cinemas. Bars and |
| Research Institute of Tobacco Free Society painted | | | | restaurants have not come under the ban yet, but only |
| map of Europe, selected an average cost of 20 | | | | received references for settlement of rooms for |
| cigarette packets and indicating of smoking bans. | | | | non-smokers. |
| According to "pipe" the most expensive cigarettes are | | | | Smoking in Britain is not a cheap pleasure too. For the |
| in the northern part of Europe, and the cheapest | | | | one cigarettes pack British smoker should pay 7.36 |
| cigarettes are in the east. | | | | euros at the average. But soon the price for cigarettes |
| Most unlucky smokers are in Norway, the first place in | | | | packs may drop: the European Court of Justice called |
| the rating: pack of cigarettes costs 8.02 euros at the | | | | on Britain taxed European products (including alcohol |
| average. On the 1st January 2004 the government | | | | and cigarettes) on the country of law. But that does |
| imposed a tight excise tax on cigarettes, the result - | | | | not save inveterate smokers, because from February |
| the cost of the cigarettes packs in one day increased | | | | 2006, smoking is forbidden in the workplace and it is |
| by 47%. | | | | forbidden in pubs and disco clubs from 1 July 2007. |
| Place Country The cost of the packet in euros | | | | Moreover, some tobacco companies produce not |
| 1 Norway 8.02 | | | | expensive cigarettes to struggle with smoking. |
| 2 Iceland 7.57 | | | | Inversely, it is part of their advertising strategy. For |
| 3 UK 7.36 | | | | example, a pack of British Treasurer will cost you |
| 4 Ireland 6.35 | | | | minimum $30. The Chancellor company makes no |
| 5 France 5.00 | | | | secret of the fact that they set price relying |
| 6 Germany 4.47 | | | | exclusively on the top brand name. |
| 7 Sweden 4.26 | | | | But the highest prices for cigarettes, perhaps, in |
| 8 Denmark 4.16 | | | | California's jails, where we observed the last smoking |
| 9 Finland 4.10 | | | | ban. This led to overtake tobacco became a shadow |
| 10 Switzerland 4.06 | | | | of trafficking drugs and alcohol. For example, to buy a |
| Iceland takes the second place. Here one pack of | | | | pack of Marlboro cigarettes in prison one should pay $ |
| cigarettes costs 7.57 euros. It is interesting that the | | | | 160, a tobacco seller get $ 5 000 per month. |