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Which age bracket is most likely to consume a tobacco product in the UK?
24-35 year olds.
What are the area deprivation quintiles in the UK?
Q1 (MOST DEPRIVED) - 33% Male, 26% Female
Q3 - 21% Male, 16% Female
Q5 (LEAST DEPRIVED) - 14% Male, 10% Female
How much more likely are those who earn less than £10,000 a year to smoke compared to those who earn £40,000+?
Around twice as likely.
Quote the telegraph on the effect of raising cigarette prices.
“As many as 67 million smokers around the world would kick the habit if the price of a packet of cigarettes was increased by 50 per cent”
How did increasing of tobacco prices effect the number of smokers?
In the 1980s, smoking rates reduced further from around 43% of men and 35% for women to 32% of men and 29% for women.
How did the banning of TV advertisements for tobacco effect the number of smokers?
graph shows roughly 55% of men and 43% of women smoked when the ban was introduced, which fell to around 43% of men and 35% of women smoking in just 15 years.
How effective were media campaigns and increased services to help smokers in reducing the amount of smokers?
They fell from roughly 29% for men and 25% for women to roughly 27% for men and 25% for women.
How did billboard and print ads being banned effect the amount of smokers
The smoking rates were 28% for men and 24% for women, and after the billboard and print ads became prohibited, they dropped to around 22% for men and 20% for women.
What was the most popular approach from the survey you conducted?
Increasing the price of cigarettes gained 23.08% of the vote, increasing the buying age to 21 achieve 30.77% of the vote, and reducing cigarette advertising got 46.15% of the vote.
What are the percentages for each bracket?
The graph regarding second highest group of smokers are those aged 18-24 (25.1% for males, 19.9% for females), the highest group of smokers by age are 25-34 year olds (27.8% for males, 19.8% for females).
What does Deborah Arnott, who is the Chief Executive of Action on Smoking and Health, have to say on smoking and its relation to age?
“The vast majority of smokers become addicted before the age of 21 while the human brain is still developing, and if you don’t start by 21 you’re very unlikely to ever become a smoker”
What is the observable trend of those smoking in the age bracket of 18-24
The graph shows 18-24 year old regular smokers going from 25.0% in 2012, to 17.8% in 2017, which is a decrease of 7.2% in just 5 years.
What do Canadian scientists said about the effects of increasing the buying age would bring?
“Canadian scientists said raising it to 21 would see a quarter less smokers”
What are the cheaper countries in the EU for cigarettes, and what are the prices?
The cheapest nations for cigarettes that Source D states are ‘Packs in Slovakia cost £2.61, Croatia £2.65, Romania £2.75 and Poland £2.86’, which are all much cheaper than Britain’s £9.35 packs.
What are the names of the headings for each section of the report?
Title of Report > Framing the Issue > Options > Recomendation > Arguements in Support of Option 1 > Arguements in Support of Option 2 > Arguements in Support of Option 3 > Rejection of Options 1 or 3 or 2 or whatever > Evaluation of Sources > Conclusion
