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[아시아경제 이춘희 기자] In order to promote the health of the people, such as raising the prices of cigarettes and alcohol, and further regulating advertisements, regulations on health-hazardous items such as tobacco and alcohol are strengthened. In the long run, the government plans to raise cigarette prices to the average of 7 dollars (7735 won) by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Ministry of Health and Welfare On the 27th, the ‘5th Comprehensive National Health Promotion Plan’ was announced on the 27th. Through this plan, the Ministry of Health and Welfare has proposed a goal to extend the healthy lifespan of 70.4 years old as of 2018 to 73.3 years old by 2030.
To this end, the Ministry of Health and Welfare is planning to increase the health promotion fee imposed on cigarettes and promote a plan for consumers to pay a health promotion fee for alcohol. The plan is to raise the consumption barrier by raising the prices of cigarettes and alcohol, and to cover the finances for smoking cessation, drinking alcohol, and health projects.
“Currently, the OECD average of 7 dollars per cigarette pack, but Korea is about 4 dollars (4,420 won),” said Isran, head of the health policy department of the Ministry of Welfare. He suggested a plan to raise all of them by raising the price of cigarettes, saying, “There are taxes and health promotion charges in the cigarette price.”
For each pack of 20 cigarettes worth 4,500 won currently on the market In addition to the national health promotion fee of 841 won, A tax of 3,323 won is imposed even after excluding value-added taxes such as 1007 won for tobacco consumption, 594 won for individual consumption and 443 won for local education tax. It amounts to 73.8% of the cigarette price. It has more than doubled compared to 1,550 won in taxes and charges in the past when it was 2500 won per pack.
Currently, liquor is taxed at 5 to 72% of the alcohol price depending on the type, but health promotion charges are not yet imposed. Director Isran Lee said, “We have not yet decided to impose a health promotion charge on alcoholic beverages.” Explained that it was the level of doing.
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In addition to prices, advertisements for health hazards are also limited. Currently, alcohol advertising is prohibited from 7 am to 10 pm, but the regulations apply only to television broadcasting. Yun-shin Lee, head of the Health Promotion Division of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, explained, “We plan to promote a plan to expand the applied media to data broadcasting, Internet, and multimedia broadcasting. He said, “We plan to proceed with a review of the areas where advertising models (photos) are prohibited to be attached to liquor containers and promote revision of related laws.”
As for cigarettes, the introduction of standard cigarette packs without advertisements is being promoted, and price and non-price regulations on health-hazardous items are strengthened. In particular, for cigarettes, regulations reflecting the times are introduced, such as the introduction of new types of cigarettes such as electronic cigarettes in addition to existing cigarettes. “We plan to expand the definition of cigarettes,” said Yunshin Lee, and “plan to strengthen the regulations comparable to cigarettes through price and non-price regulation.”
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