Top-10: Most Expensive Countries for Smokers

The struggle against smoking is taking place aroundname of the capital of Iceland, Reykjavik, is translated
the world. Some countries imposed tobacco producersas "fuming" Bay, but the "tobacco wars" soon
with huge taxes. However, numerous studies havesuppressed all cigarette outbursts. Since 1999, in Iceland
shown that these measures do not force people tohave 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 paintedrestaurants have not come under the ban yet, but only
map of Europe, selected an average cost of 20received references for settlement of rooms for
cigarette packets and indicating of smoking bans.non-smokers.
According to "pipe" the most expensive cigarettes areSmoking in Britain is not a cheap pleasure too. For the
in the northern part of Europe, and the cheapestone 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 inpacks may drop: the European Court of Justice called
the rating: pack of cigarettes costs 8.02 euros at theon Britain taxed European products (including alcohol
average. On the 1st January 2004 the governmentand 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 increased2006, 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 eurosMoreover, some tobacco companies produce not
1 Norway 8.02expensive cigarettes to struggle with smoking.
2 Iceland 7.57Inversely, it is part of their advertising strategy. For
3 UK 7.36example, a pack of British Treasurer will cost you
4 Ireland 6.35minimum $30. The Chancellor company makes no
5 France 5.00secret of the fact that they set price relying
6 Germany 4.47exclusively on the top brand name.
7 Sweden 4.26But the highest prices for cigarettes, perhaps, in
8 Denmark 4.16California's jails, where we observed the last smoking
9 Finland 4.10ban. This led to overtake tobacco became a shadow
10 Switzerland 4.06of trafficking drugs and alcohol. For example, to buy a
Iceland takes the second place. Here one pack ofpack of Marlboro cigarettes in prison one should pay $
cigarettes costs 7.57 euros. It is interesting that the160, a tobacco seller get $ 5 000 per month.