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Cigarette Sales Falling, more Quitters?

After a $1 a pack rise in cigarette tax in Iowa and cigarette tax tripling in Tennessee sales have said to have fallen by 30%! Cigarette smoking has become more expensive than ever, but the question is does this mean more people are actually quitting. We all know many smokers want to stop smoking, but very little of them smokers do actually succeed in quitting.

Cigarette packs sold throughout stores and shop in Iowa in 2006 totaled to nearly 250 million packs. It is estimated that cigarette packs sold in Iowa will fall to an approximation of as little as 190 million for 2007. So in the space of a year, smokers have cut down on 60million packs of cigarettes? I don’t think so somehow. If you take the sales from manufacturers of cigarettes the statistics are different, sales haven’t dropped as dramatically as this projection says. Smokers are still buying cigarettes one way or another; there are large numbers of cigarette packs purchased online, and also there are still many cases of cigarette smuggling unaccounted for.

In my view, smokers are being pushed into purchasing cigarettes from illegitimate sources. It is logical that if a smoker has access to cheaper cigarettes, why they should pay the extra taxes then. At the end of the day, the smoking life of a smoker is becoming increasingly more difficult. For those smokers who have been mislead and lured into smoking in the first place you have to sympathize really.

Going back to the initial question of if are smokers actually quitting due to the increase in cigarette costs, well, its hard to tell, but cigarette stores around the U.S do suggest that some smokers may have quit. Stores throughout Iowa reported sales to be lower, but revenues from cigarette sales are higher?! What is happening is outlets are selling fewer cigarette packs and cartons at higher prices. So maybe smokers have actually cut down, or they are probably just purchasing cigarettes from another source.

Fewer Smokers due to Smoking Ban

It seems as if many smokers of cigarettes around the United Kingdom have quit smoking as a direct consequence of the new legislations for smoking. The UK environment and attitude against smoking has completely changed, where smoking is thought upon in a negative way. Imperial Tobacco who provides several top selling British made brands have also reported a dip in sales.

You would have thought that the legislations brought on cigarette smoking would anger many smokers, some smokers are actually turning away from smoking altogether. Maybe many smokers are just not finding the time or place to smoke with there being bans in workplaces, bars, restaurants, local buildings, etc. It could be that smokers are smoking fewer cigarettes because of these conditions due to the public smoking bans. You can imagine the frustration this is causing many addicted smokers who would normally go through their day smoking where and when they wish to.

So how to deal with these problems that we can possible face over here in the US where such bans of cigarettes are started to come into place around many states. In the UK a portable ashtray has been produced in turn to try and keep smokers from throwing cigarettes on the ground, and it proves to be quite a popular little device. But you can't imagine every single cigarette smoker buying these portable ashtrays just to keep Britain tidy. Anyway, the littering of cigarettes should be re-addressed if it still causes to be a problem. The big question is although, will cigarette sales continue to decrease, and the answer is simply no. The immediate affects of the smoking ban will make their impact, but gradually you will see smoking trends continue as before.

What are we smoking?

Discussions have been ongoing recently within the US congress regarding deploying a new safer and less harmful cigarette. It was announced that the Food and Drug Administration now has authority of the components which are integrated in cigarettes such as nicotine, tar etc. This means that they can regulate quantities of substances that manufacturers are including in their cigarettes.

Any future regulations that will be brought upon cigarettes are likely to go under intense conflict when proposed. Ridiculous sums of turnovers can be affected with any regulations and change in form of the cigarette. It’s a very controversial matter, those that defend the cigarette to allow smokers to smoke as they wish and the others that oppose the cigarettes as a harmful substance. When you look at the broad picture, many will suffer from any changes or regulation that will have a negative affect to sales of cigarettes. Manufacturers will instantly have to invest heavily into changing the substances in their cigarettes to meet the regulations. Don't be shocked to see increases in prices, what was once a cheap product is now becoming unaffordable for regular smokers.

The most grieved of all will be the smoker who has to ultimately put up with the changes, but shop owners and retailers of cigarettes who rely upon cigarette sales and revenues to any extent could face more difficult consequences through loss of sales. Cigarette smoking is becoming more controversial by the day. Who knows what else is being discussed behind closed doors concerning cigarettes even to this precise minute, as smokers try to deal with everything that is being thrown at them, they will want to light up even more often from all the added stress!! It will be interesting to see what proposed regulations develop over the coming months, and the affects major changes in cigarette contents will have on the cigarette industry.

EU Propose Fire Safe Cigarettes

The European Commissions are expected to propose by next year the implementation of fire safe cigarettes to be sold across Europe. This also means that normal cigarettes will be taken completely off the market. The main reason behind this decision is to prevent fires igniting around Europe, a huge percentage of the total fires caused around homes in the EU are sadly due to the misplacement of cigarettes.

A pack of fire safe cigarettes should cost near enough the same as what they do now, don’t be surprised to see a slight rise in price although the effects of which this law can have on many brands is not foreseen. Many smaller brands of cigarettes will struggle with the initial outlay and cost to research and produce these fire safe cigarettes. It could result in the closure of quite a few cigarette brands who cannot afford the change in production. Brands like Marlboro, Camel, Winston, Salem, Kool, Seneca, and Doral should be all fine where they have turnovers and profit margins large enough.

The fire safe cigarette has small gaps in the cigarette paper, this causes a lighten cigarette to extinguish by lessening the circulation within the cigarette if not smoked or puffed after a short period of time. There are a few other elements that have changed to help the new form cigarette go out faster than a cigarette you will find today. The question is; is this feature on the supposed fire safe cigarettes actually going to put out the cigarette quick enough to cut down on the amount of house fires around the globe, never mind Europe alone, we will have to just wait and see…

Cigarette Smuggling on the Rise

Nearly 6 trillion cigarettes were sold worldwide in total for 2006; over 1 trillion came directly from Phillip Morris. Price is essential to these figures, and to the degree of cigarette smuggling. With lower costs on contraband or even premium first choice cigarettes, the higher the possibility of having cheaper cigarettes available to smokers and also where cigarettes have higher value smuggling is an attractive option. Marlboro, Camel, Newport, Winston, Salem, and all major tobacco companies have to be careful in the production and distribution of cigarettes.

In purchasing cigarettes, especially from unknown sources there is a lot of caution, because there are many contraband cigarettes around that seem to be first choice cigarettes initially. No matter where you purchase cigarettes, at the moment there is a lot of uncertainty to the legitimacy and the origin of them cigarettes. Buying cigarettes online from unfamiliar websites is another means of the likeliness of obtaining counterfeit cigarettes. Buying cigarettes online is probably the simplest way to purchase cigarettes or any product to that matter, with online purchases you have to be extremely careful.

Authorities have pinpointed preventing cigarette smuggling in order to distinguish these contraband cigarettes. This is a very difficult task, as we all know that the demand for cheap wholesale cigarettes is emphatically high, and with demand there comes supply, simple as cigarette smuggling will always be attempted. If you thought your local store could never have contraband cigarettes on sale, think again because it is now a possibility.

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Fines for Butt Throwers

State officials are really starting to come down hard now on cigarette smokers. It was announced today that those smokers who are caught throwing out cigarette butts will be fined an immediate $400! When you consider cigarette butt throwing as a littering offense as any other, the fine should not be overreacted just because it's coming from a cigarette. Already last week a civilian in Henderson was given a written warning and notice of the new law that is now implemented in Auckland.

The $400 fine that is subjected to those who thro cigarette butts is deemed to be very over the top, whereas before the maximum fine for littering is $100 (Litter Act 1979). Smokers will feel very hard done by, as they are getting mainly punished for choosing to smoke, and not for the actual littering offense. Really it's another excuse to punish cigarette smokers in general.

Cigarette and cigarette smokers are in the limelight for criticism nowadays; it seems to be getting tougher as time goes on for smokers. With this new law, they will have to tread even more carefully than before. In a way you can't help but sympathize for the many cigarette smokers who are clawed into the grasp of the addiction that they are stuck with for probably the rest of their lives. For cigarette smokers many obstacles are being thrown in front of them in order to deter them even more from smoking, and to portrait a bad image for smoking to everybody else.

Eventually cigarette smokers will be pushed so far into one corner that the only place eligible to smoke will be in the confinement of their own homes. Everywhere else seems to be gradually becoming a no-smoking zone, the street, shops, bars; even smokers can't smoke at work! The Government and councils around the U.S. are pressured into enforcing these laws, but this latest law just seems a bit harsh.

Tobacco and Marijuana a Bad Mix

In a recent International conference at the American Thoracic Conference a study was presented to an audience that showed how the smoking of marijuana and cigarettes significantly increases the possibility of COPD. COPD means chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the chance of this disease developing increases with those who smoke marijuana and cigarettes.

In an area in Vancouver a study was undertaken to experiment this theory. They discovered that those who smoke cigarettes and marijuana that are over 40 years of age are almost 4 times more likely to develop the COPD than smokers who just smoke cigarettes alone. Saint Paul's Hospital in Vancouver clarified this, and by smoking both marijuana and cigarettes simply has a one third more likeliness of this disease from developing than those who smoke only cigarettes.

Marijuana smoking is on the increase as well as cigarette smoking. Where the study was undertaken in Vancouver it was found out that out of all the cigarette smokers within the ages of 17-40, 75% have tried smoking marijuana out of all smokers of cigarettes. With older smokers of cigarettes the percentage was slightly less although, with approximately 55% of cigarette smokers admitting to smoking marijuana as well. These figures brings public health once again into the limelight and extreme concerns are floating around regarding the future health of these smokers, especially those that smoke marijuana and cigarettes.

Many thought before that the constant smoking of cigarettes would have a more disastrous affect on us than to what marijuana causes. Both are very dangerous substances if abused, as proven with the extensive use of cigarettes and the outcome it has on our body, I don’t think I have to go through where years of cigarette smoking leads to. Cigarette smokers have to be a little bit more careful now with this latest finding on smoking cigarettes and marijuana.

Smoking in Russia

Russia is the third largest tobacco producer in the world, number one being China, and second being the United States. This might not come as a surprise to most smokers because the demand for Russian cigarettes had increased quite radically in the last decade or so. Russia is top in one department although, this is for having the highest percentage of underage smokers in the world!

The tobacco sales in Russia show how much of an increase cigarettes are actually selling. In 1996 Russia produced 206bn cigarettes, 10 years later in 2006 the production of cigarettes increased to roughly 415bn cigarettes for the year. With this vast increase in tobacco production in Russia its lead to a few concerns to at the least for the health for many of the Russian people. It was stated by the Head of Health and Safety Committee that approximately 700 daily due to smoking of cigarettes. The death rate from 1996 until 2006 almost doubled!! From 250,000 of the Russian population a year has rose to over 400,000. These figures are relatively scary I would say.

The reason behind Russia for having such a higher percentage of deaths by cigarettes than anybody else is thought to be down to Russian cigarette having higher nicotine and tar levels in their cigarettes. This is only a suggestion though to why there are so many deaths in Russia. You do sympathize for so many deaths, but Russia are yet the only major country who haven’t signed the Anti-Smoking Legislation that was fashioned by the World-Health-Organization to aid countries with limiting tobacco manufacturers and controlling cigarette output. With Russia not signing the legislation it allows cigarette manufacturers to produce limitlessly and with taxes being so low cigarette production and sells are thriving.

Cigarette prices in Russia are also extremely cheap with these low taxes wherever you go to purchase them, being in a store, market, and petrol station etc. This is another reason to why Russian cigarettes are growing in popularity online too, Russian cigarettes are cheap enough as it is online and if you don’t have to pay duties or taxes it becomes like a wholesale for online buyers. It also is the main reason to why there are so many teenage smokers in Russia, cigarettes being easily affordable.

Electronic Cigarettes

It may sound stupidly ridiculous, but yes, electronic cigarettes are officially being smoked as a substitute to normal cigarettes. They are found to be consumed mainly in china, where the electronic cigarette was first designed. Other countries across Europe are also promoting electronic cigarettes as the safer and environmentally friendly cigarette. They cost $208 each and are already available to smokers in China, Israel, and Turkey.

The concept behind the electronic cigarette is to emulate the smoking of a real cigarette, but at the same time without the outlet of all the harmful chemicals that come of cigarettes when smoked. The electronic cigarettes maintain this idea, while it is proven by scientists that no smoke, tar, or carbon monoxide is released from the electronic cigarette. The nicotine from an electronic cigarette is taken to the lungs in the space of 6-10 seconds from inhalation; this is considered to be a far quicker stimulation than of normal cigarettes.

Golden Dragon, the Chinese company that acquires the electronic cigarette demonstrated that they are becoming ever more popular along with many of there other products that aim to steer smokers away from normal cigarettes. Their financial figures prove this, while the electronic cigarette was released in 2005, Golden Dragon recorded a turnover volume of HK$136million, which rose to HK$286million in 2006, and they are expecting sales to further more increase this year.

In China alone there are over 400million smokers, of that number an estimated 10% are attempting to quit the habit of smoking meaning there is a huge market for products of this type. The conversion rate of those 400million Chinese smokers that are trying to quit smoking is at 2%, this is for successful smokers who have completely stopped smoking cigarettes in China.

Electronic cigarettes are yet to hit the market in the U.S. where already we have experienced other replacements for cigarettes appear onto the market such as nicotine gum, nicotine stickers, and even liquid cigarettes are on the verge of hitting the market. So the introduction of the electronic cigarette might be welcomed by most or are looking for a replacement to cigarettes, but the actual cost at the moment for the electronic cigarette could be very frightening to consumers.

Britain's Smoking Litter Crisis

Starting from July 1^st the streets of Britain will be under huge attack from a litter crisis expected by used cigarettes. The new law that states that all public places will be smoke-free means that the amount of cigarettes that will be discarded onto the streets of Britain will mount to an estimated 30 tons! Smoking will be banned from all public places, which includes bars, restaurants, work places, shops, pubs, clubs etc, etc. The effect that this law is expected to have is severe, so severe that communities around Britain are already planning nervously what actions to take with all this extra litter.

There are a few other problems that come with discarded cigarettes too. One is the toxins that are released from these thrown away cigarette butts; with more toxins released into our environment it is deemed an extra threat to our health. The increase in rubbish and litter from cigarette packs, and cigarette butts is thought to of roughly a 20% rise. This also means an increase in rubbish bags as well, so immediate plans need to be prepared so that it doesn’t develop into such a big issue.

Practically, for smokers it will become a nightmare, being forced to leave a building every time the craving for a cigarette comes about, which is quite often. If you think of the number of smokers having to go out of offices, buildings and any other public places to smoke a cigarette with this new law that comes into affect, you can understand why the estimates on all the extra litter from cigarettes are so frighteningly high.

Currently here in the U.S.A most states haven’t taken cigarette smoking in public spaces so seriously as of yet. Although there are in fact many states that have enforced cigarette bans in specific public places and the numbers are continuously increasing. It just makes you wonder into the future, and get you guessing on how much more negatives governments will continue to brush aside until something much more serious is implemented in regards to cigarette laws. One thing we all know, is the difficulty that smokers are facing in smoking is becoming ever more frustrating with these new laws.