Retail Price Surveillance of Tobacco in China Dr. Jiang Yuan Tobacco Control Office China Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Price is the most effective policy to curb prevalence of smoking Price tool is more susceptible to the youth and population in poverty Facilitate smokers to quit or reduce smoking amount Increment of government revenue by increasing price of tobacco Ministry of Finance introduced policy on adjusting price of tobacco in How ever, taxation policy didn’t change correspondently, which brought no affect on tobacco control

Increase tobacco tariff in cities and states No-smoking working place Implementation of Nicotine sticker program 3 years mean value 3 year mean value Media Propaganda Campaigns Effect of Intervention Measures for Tobacco Control Adult Smoking Rate in New York, Reduced 300,000 smoking population, and prevented about 100, 000 people from early death Adult Percentum

Comparison of tobacco tariff rate among different countries Increasing tobacco tariff rate, raising tobacco price, and curbing prevalence of tobacco Source: Tobacco Control Report by WHO in 2008

Cigarettes Prices in Different Countries (Unit: US dollars) Source: Tobacco Control Report by WHO in 2008

Comparison of Every Hundred Boxes of Cigarettes Proportion in Disposable Income Source: Tobacco Control Report by WHO in 2008

Increasing Affordability of Cigarettes in China 2009 年 WHO 控烟报告

Before May 31 st, 2009 After May 31st, 2009 Specific tax per pack (RMB, Yuan) Ad valorem tax ≧ 5 Yuan, 45% ≧ 7 Yuan, 56% <5 Yuan, 30% <7 Yuan, 36% Whole sale price per pack 0%5% Tariff Rate of Tobacco Products Adjusted in 2009 It’s a pity that there was no change in retail price

Monitoring Changes of Retail Price of Tobacco in Seven Cities of China by ITC Program Smoking behavior Relevant information Attitude Tobacco price No-smoking progress in public places Tobacco advertisement Tobacco cessation services tobacco price: 3 retailers, 5600 smokers

Retail Price of Tobacco Products （ not-adjusted CPI ）

Mean Price of Tobacco Products

Prices of Cigarettes Used by Smokers

Price Changes of Cigarettes Used by Smokers in Six Cities during Unit: RMB Yuan

Changes of Retail Price of Some Cigarettes （调整为 2007 年人民币元） 2007 年 月 2010 年 6-7 月

Changes of Purchasing Price Reported by Smokers- Top 3 Brands of Cigarettes in Each City （调整为 2007 年人民币元）

Conclusion Price of Cigarettes does not change nominally, however, it does decrease sharply in deed.