Wednesday, September 10 2008
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CigarCyclopedia.com reports on the "radical measures" Britain's Royal College of Physicians have proposed to eradicate smoking in the UK over the next 17 years.
That report appeared in the British newspaper The Independent and marked the College's latest broadside against tobacco in a country in which 22% of the adult population (about 10 million people) are estimated to be smokers.
It has filed a report called Ending Tobacco Smoking in Britain and according to the report, "says the tax on tobacco should be increased by 10 per cent every year, and its sale restricted to licensed retailers in premises, such as off-licences, from which children should be banned.
Although the major emphasis of the report is on cigarettes, cigars are clearly included in the program design suggested. In the words of the report, "The primary objective of regulation of smoked tobacco should be to make smoking and smoked tobacco products as unappealing, unattractive, unaffordable and unavailable as possible, as quickly as possible."
BRITISH DOCTORS: END SMOKING BY 2025
