[사회][팩트와이] The reason for the rise in cigarette prices, something that didn’t happen in a day?

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There were reports that the government was considering a plan to raise the price of cigarettes to 8,000 won within 10 years, but Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun drew a line in one day saying that the current government has no plans.

I’ve weighed the reasons for these reports.

This is FactW, reporter Kim Seung-hwan.

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This is the content of the morning newspaper on the 28th

Just looking at the title of the article, it seems like a fixed fact that the cigarette price will increase to 8,000 won.

In this difficult situation due to Corona 19, accusations were poured over whether it was right to raise the price of cigarettes, and Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun even refuted his SNS saying that it was not true.

How did this report come out?

On the 27th, the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced the ‘5th Comprehensive Plan for National Health Promotion’, presenting the goal of raising the health promotion fee to the level of the average OECD cigarette price.

[이스란 / 보건복지부 건강정책국장(27일) : 현재 OECD 평균은 담뱃값 하나당 7달러, 그런데 우리나라는 한 4달러 정도인데요. 담뱃값을 올리겠다, 이런 정책적 목표인 것이고요.]

If you calculate 7 dollars at the current exchange rate, it is about 8,000 won, and since the 5th comprehensive plan is scheduled by 2030, there are reports that we are considering raising the price of cigarettes to 8,000 won within 10 years.

However, at the time of the briefing, the Ministry of Health and Welfare drew a line that there was no specific plan.

[이스란 / 보건복지부 건강정책국장(27일) : 앞으로 저희가 10년 진행을 하면서, 또 상황들을 봐가면서 구체적인 시기와 부담 폭들을 정하도록 하겠습니다.]

This is not well known, and it was misrepresented, as if the price of cigarettes doubled.

Even though the Prime Minister has stepped up to evolve, the government will not raise the price of cigarettes, the debate seems to continue.

It is true that the adult smoking rate has been steadily increasing since the increase in cigarette prices in January 2015.

Cigarette sales continued to fluctuate, but last year (2020) was less than in 2014, before the increase in cigarette prices, but returned to the level of 2016.

As cigarette prices are not linked to prices, the’real price’ that the skin feels has fallen as the years go by, and the effect of raising the price of cigarettes is gradually diminishing, so it is likely that the authorities will be deeply concerned.

YTN Seunghwan Kim[[email protected]]is.

[저작권자(c) YTN & YTN plus 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]

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