TMA news

EU cigarette price map

Latest EU cigarette price map and table updated to July 2010. You can view the…

Three years on – industry calls time on a complete smoking ban

Today is the third anniversary of the public places smoking ban in England and the…

TMA Research and Polls

From time to time, the TMA commissions research and surveys to assess and analyse evidence with regard to tobacco control measures; a selection of these are available to download here.

Research

In October 2009, the Center for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) published a report, which examined the impact of proposed tax increases on the legal and illicit tobacco market. CEBR report 161009.

Opinion Polls

A Populus survey conducted in September 2009 on behalf of the TMA shows that 64% of people interviewed agreed that a ban on tobacco displays at the point of sale would not stop those under the legal age from starting to smoke.

A Holden Pearmain Smokers’ Panel survey of 1000 adult 18+ smokers for the TMA, conducted in May 2010, focussed on the issue of smoking in public places.