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