TMA news
TMA response to the APPG on Smoking & Health Inquiry into the Illicit Trade in TobaccoTMA response to the APPG on Smoking & Health Inquiry into the Illicit Trade in…
Tobacco tax increase is a gift to criminal gangsCommenting on today’s Budget announcement, Jaine Chisholm Caunt, Secretary General of the Tobacco Manufacturers’ Association…
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 Holden Pearmain Smokers’ Panel survey of 1000 adult 18+ smokers for the TMA, conducted in December 2010, addressed the issue of tobacco smuggling.
A Holden Pearmain Smokers’ Panel survey of 1000 adult 18+ smokers for the TMA, conducted in September 2010, focussed on the issue of youth access prevention.
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.
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.