Why did the tobacco industry, whose tax revenue can reach one trillion yuan a year, lose 4 million yuan last year? Don't cigarettes make money?

Looking around the world, tobacco is a profiteering industry in any country. As a country with the largest number of smokers in the world, China's annual income from tobacco is naturally staggering. For six consecutive years, the tax revenue of tobacco industry has exceeded one trillion yuan. However, it may be hard for everyone to imagine that such an industry, whose tax revenue accounts for 1% of the country's total tax revenue, suffered losses last year. According to relevant statistics, 16 tobacco enterprises in China suffered losses last year, with the total amount of losses exceeding 4 million. Does it mean that cigarettes are beginning to stop making money? However, this is not the case, just because China has been strengthening the control of cigarettes in recent years.

The harm of cigarettes is well known, and it will cause serious damage to all aspects of human body. The most frightening thing is the carcinogenic harm of nicotine in cigarettes. Although smokers can't accept it, there are more and more medical data to prove that the cancer incidence rate of smokers is several times higher than that of ordinary people. If these risks are borne by active smokers, they are asking for trouble. But passive smokers are innocent, and the concentration of harmful substances they inhale is not lower than the former. Therefore, smoking in public places and crowded places is a very unprofessional behavior. Even if you smoke at home, you should consider the health of your family.

Of course, it is impossible for the country not to see the harm of cigarettes, but what makes them more embarrassed is that the tobacco industry pays huge taxes every year, which is unmatched by most industries. If this industry is forcibly banned, there will be a very large deficit in national tax revenue. Taxation is closely related to finance and economy. Once there is a problem, it will definitely affect the national development and people's living standards. The most direct manifestation is that there will be a large-scale unemployment wave in the tobacco industry. How to appease these unemployed employees will be a very headache, so it is impossible for the state to implement a one-size-fits-all approach to the tobacco industry.

However, the harm of tobacco is so serious, and the people's call for the country to strengthen tobacco control is getting louder and louder, so it is impossible not to deal with the industry. The best way is to deal with it step by step. The country can do this from two aspects: one is to "reduce weight" in the tobacco industry, and the other is to deepen the concept that tobacco is harmful. The so-called "weight reduction" is to reduce the dependence of national finance on tobacco tax through various methods. On the one hand, we should try to reduce the scale of the tobacco industry, on the other hand, we should strive to develop other industries. Only when the tax revenue it contributes is insignificant to the country can we really consider banning the industry.

In order to deepen the concept, the state needs to mobilize all sectors of society to carry out continuous publicity. For example, anti-smoking publicity activities can be carried out regularly on campus, so that children can develop the concepts of "smoking is harmful to health" and "smoking in public places" from an early age. On public occasions, enterprises can post warning signs of "No Smoking". However, this warning slogan can only remind people with quality. For those very selfish smokers, the state will introduce relevant laws and policies, explicitly prohibit smoking in public places, or impose very severe punishment on violators. Only when it really harms the interests of these people, will they stop smoking.

besides, we can also learn from some foreign experiences. For example, the outer packaging of cigarettes is treated, and some disgusting and disgusting patterns are painted on it to reduce the desire to buy. Or raise the price of cigarettes, which will make many realistic people think more about it, or even stop buying cigarettes for the time being, so as to achieve the effect of control. However, whether these experiences are suitable or not depends on the actual situation in China. At present, the control of cigarettes in China has been fruitful. But there is still a long way to go before we say goodbye to cigarettes completely. However, I believe that with the concerted efforts of the country and the people, we must win the final victory in the struggle against cigarettes.