Could high cigarette prices stop smoking among young people?
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Government raises the price of cigarettes for to cut the number of people lighting up. Government thinks that the UAE smokers when will see the high cost of cigarettes will stop buying them and in this way will quit. Wedad Al Maidoor, the head of the Ministry of Health Tobacco Control Team, said that the price hike has been included in a new smoking law that is expected to come into force across the Emirates at the end of May. The reporters said that it is not known how much prices will increase under the law. In comparison to other countries smokers in the UAE enjoy relatively cheap cigarette prices. The average price for a pack of 20 cigarettes is 6 dirhams ($1.60), while in the UK the price is 5.66 British pounds ($11.20). Al Maidoor added that one of the main purposes of the price rise is to reduce the number of child smokers, who are being targeted by tobacco companies. The new legislation also includes a nationwide ban on smoking in public places. T
