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Higher tobacco prices and a ban on smoking in public places - this is the controversial demand made by Barmer regional ...
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Raising Tobacco Costs to Protect Health and EnvironmentSmoking causes over €30 billion in treatment costs annually, while tobacco tax revenue is about €16 billion.
Key FactsAug 4, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- Winfried Plötze advocates significantly higher tobacco prices to better protect public health and reduce environmental damage.
- Approximately 127,000 people die yearly in Germany from smoking-related causes despite education and cessation support.
- A full ban on public smoking is proposed to safeguard others and the environment from harmful effects.
- Tobacco cultivation consumes vast resources and pollution, producing CO₂ emissions comparable to 17 million cars annually.
Smoking harms our health doubly because it also destroys our environment. And a healthy life is only possible on a healthy planet. Conversely, we could benefit doubly if people lived smoke-free. And for that, politics should do more.— Winfried Plötze, Managing Director of Barmer in Baden-Württemberg, discusses the health and environmental impacts of smoking.
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