Deborah Arnott, chief executive of Action on Smoking and Health (Ash), said that that if smoking were more expensive it could act as an incentive for people to quit.
This could then reduce the number of people that have to wear beaded medical alert bracelets because they have developed lung cancer.
However, Ms Arnott also pointed out that those who are really hooked on the habit cannot give it up at the drop of a hat.
She said that they need 'all the other measures to help them quit, such as the advertising campaigns warning people of the harm caused by tobacco smoke, warnings on the packs and stop smoking services'.
In her opinion, if more smokers are encouraged to give up the habit, fewer youngsters will start in the future.
Ash recently published a report entitled The Effects of Increasing Tobacco Taxation, which revealed that if tobacco prices were five per cent higher, the number of smokers could be reduced by 190,000.
This could then reduce the number of people that have to wear beaded medical alert bracelets because they have developed lung cancer.
However, Ms Arnott also pointed out that those who are really hooked on the habit cannot give it up at the drop of a hat.
She said that they need 'all the other measures to help them quit, such as the advertising campaigns warning people of the harm caused by tobacco smoke, warnings on the packs and stop smoking services'.
In her opinion, if more smokers are encouraged to give up the habit, fewer youngsters will start in the future.
Ash recently published a report entitled The Effects of Increasing Tobacco Taxation, which revealed that if tobacco prices were five per cent higher, the number of smokers could be reduced by 190,000.
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