2023-07-07 08:17:00
still High cigarette prices It raises a wide controversy in the Egyptian street, in light of the confirmation of the Federation of Industries and Producing Companies, that the prices of cigarettes have not increased, and there is no official increase that has been announced recently, and the existing increases in Cigarette pricesIt came as a result of some merchants increasing the selling price to achieve their profits, which led to more than the selling price of cigarettes to the consumer.
High cigarette prices
In this regard, Ibrahim, head of the General Division of Tobacco at the Federation of Industries, expected that prices would drop cigarettes During the coming period, with customs releases and the issuance of the tax amendment on cigarettes, explaining that the tax amendment will lead to an increase in cigarette prices from 2 to 3 pounds only per pack as a maximum, and thus prices will decrease, because the increase at the present time reaches between 10 to 20 Thus, prices will stabilize from the officially announced price following tax adjustment without any further increases.
Real cigarette prices
He stressed that high Cigarette prices In the markets, it has no justification, and the companies did not raise prices, and therefore there is no official increase, from the companies, explaining that the smoke sector in Egypt includes 53 factories producing types of cigarettes and honey, while the Egyptians consume 4 billion packs of cigarettes annually, at a rate of 83 billion cigars. per year, and 280 million cigarettes per day.
As for resolving the cigarette price crisis, and finding out the official price, Imbaby explained that a barcode is placed on cigarette packs to clarify the official price for sale, and therefore any buyer can scan the barcode on the pack and thus will know the price of the pack.
The price of Cleopatra cigarettes, known as the most consumed category, rose above the level of 40 pounds, and this price contradicts its official price, as Cleopatra cigarettes witnessed successive unofficial increases last May, and rose from 24 pounds to 30 pounds, and in mid-May it rose 2 pounds once more. , without any formal increase.
existing Official cigarette pricesCigarette prices
The final prices for Cleopatra King Size cigarettes are EGP 23, Soft Queen is EGP 24, Boston is $24, Box is $24 and Super is $24.
The price of popular cigarettes today is according to the eastern prices of smoke:
Box 10: 15 pounds, Cleopatra king size: 23 pounds, Cleopatra soft queen: 24 pounds, Medium / Blument: 23 pounds. Cleopatra box 20: 24 pounds. Cleopatra super: 24 pounds. Mondial Switch “Mentol-Blueberry”: 24 pounds. Cleopatra Black: 24 pounds. Matossian Super: 24 pounds. Viceroy / Pal Money: 23 pounds. The price of a box of blue and yellow Merit today is 42 pounds, the price of LM is 39 pounds. Lucky Strike cigarettes are 29 pounds.
Percentages of smokers in Egypt
And the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics revealed, in its data event, the indicators of smoking in Egypt, according to the preliminary results of the Income, Expenditure and Consumption Survey 2021/2022, as follows:
16.8% of the total population aged 15 years and over smoke, which represents regarding 18 million people. The percentage of male smokers reached 33.8%, compared to only 0.3% among females, which indicates that the phenomenon of smoking in Egypt is mainly a male phenomenon. At least one person smokes at the level of the Republic, amounting to 39.6%, which means that there are regarding 34 million non-smokers, but they are exposed to passive smoking due to the presence of a smoker in the family. Thus, although the phenomenon of smoking is mainly a male phenomenon and the percentage of female smokers is low, the percentage Large women and children are exposed to passive smoking because at least one member of the family smokes. The highest percentage of smokers is in the age group (35-44 years), where the percentage among them is 22.1%, followed by the age group (45-54 years) 21.6, then the category (25-25). 34 years old) regarding 19.9%, which are considered high percentages and have a serious significance, especially if we take into account that these age groups are the young groups that are considered the strength of the main labor force in society. The average family share of annual spending on smoking according to the income, expenditure and consumption research sample is 2665.4 pounds.
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