Editing Tobacco (section)

===Economic===
Tobacco makes a significant economic contribution. The global tobacco market in 2010 was estimated at US$760&nbsp;billion, excluding China.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DO9DCKFM|title=British American Tobacco – The global market|website=www.bat.com|language=en|access-date=March 15, 2018|archive-date=March 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310114510/http://www.bat.com/group/sites/UK__9D9KCY.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DO9DCKFM|url-status=dead}}</ref> The global revenues from tobacco taxes in 2013–2014 was approximately $269&nbsp;billion.

In China, cigarette manufacturing is one of the few profitable state-owned industries. For example, in 1998 the 1 429 state-owned enterprises in Yunnan province had revenue of [[Renminbi]] (RMB) 69.1&nbsp;billion (US$8.3&nbsp;billion) while 8 cigarette manufacturing plants alone accounted for about 53 percent (or RMB 36.2&nbsp;billion) of total provincial industry sales.<ref name="issues in global economy">{{Cite book |date=2003 |title=Issues in the global tobacco economy : selected case studies. |url=https://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/1391c97a-6e5f-59dc-b664-d14e5e401674/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307151442/https://www.fao.org/3/y4997e/y4997e.pdf |archive-date=March 7, 2022 |access-date=October 6, 2022 |publisher=United Nations [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] |pages=2, 39, 43 |isbn=925105083X |oclc=55056109 |id=Series number 1810-0783}}</ref> The Chinese government also collects tax on tobacco products. Tax revenues from cigarettes increased from 740 to 842&nbsp;billion [[Chinese yuan]] between 2014 and 2016. This generated an additional 101&nbsp;billion Chinese yuan in tax revenues for the government.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Goodchild |first1=Mark |last2=Zheng |first2=Rong |title=Early assessment of China's 2015 tobacco tax increase |journal=Bulletin of the World Health Organization |date=1 July 2018 |volume=96 |issue=7 |pages=506–512 |doi=10.2471/BLT.17.205989 |pmc=6022610 |pmid=29962553 }}</ref>

In India, tobacco generates approximately 20&nbsp;billion [[Indian rupee]]s (US$0.45&nbsp;billion) of income per annum as a result of employment, income and government revenue.<ref>{{Cite web|title=TOBACCO IN INDIA: 4.10 ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF TOBACCO|url=https://www.fao.org/3/y4997e/y4997e0h.htm|access-date=October 27, 2021|website=Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).}}</ref>

[[Statistica]] estimates that in the U.S. alone, the tobacco industry has a market of US$121&nbsp;billion,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/491709/tobacco-united-states-market-value/|title=Tobacco: U.S. market value 2012–2017 {{!}} Statistic|website=Statista|language=en|access-date=March 15, 2018}}</ref> despite the fact the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] reports that US smoking rates are declining steadily.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/tables/trends/cig_smoking/index.htm|title=CDC – Trends in Current Cigarette Smoking – Smoking & Tobacco Use|last=Health|first=CDC's Office on Smoking and|website=Smoking and Tobacco Use|language=en-us|access-date=March 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307151249/https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/tables/trends/cig_smoking/index.htm|archive-date=March 7, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> In terms of health expenditures, cigarette smoking contributed to more than $225&nbsp;billion (or 11.7%) of annual healthcare spending in the U.S. in 2014.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal |last1=Xu |first1=Xin |last2=Shrestha |first2=Sundar S. |last3=Trivers |first3=Katrina F. |last4=Neff |first4=Linda |last5=Armour |first5=Brian S. |last6=King |first6=Brian A. |title=U.S. healthcare spending attributable to cigarette smoking in 2014 |journal=Preventive Medicine |date=September 2021 |volume=150 |pages=106529 |doi=10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106529 |pmid=33771566 |pmc=10953804 }}</ref> Smoking-attributable healthcare spending increased more than 30% for Medicaid between 2010 and 2014.<ref name=":0" />

In the US, the decline in the number of smokers, the end of the [[Tobacco Transition Payment Program]] in 2014, and competition from growers in other countries, made tobacco farming economics more challenging.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bomey|first1=Nathan|title=Thousands of farmers stopped growing tobacco after deregulation payouts|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/09/02/thousands-farmers-stopped-growing-tobacco-after-deregulation-payouts/32115163/|work=USA Today|date=September 2, 2015|language=en}}</ref>

Of the 1.22&nbsp;billion smokers worldwide, 1&nbsp;billion of them live in developing or transitional economies, and much of the disease burden and premature mortality attributable to tobacco use disproportionately affect the poor.<ref name="WHOTobaccoFactSheet" /> While smoking prevalence has declined in many developed countries, it remains high in others, and is increasing among women and in developing countries. Between one-fifth and two-thirds of men in most populations smoke. Women's smoking rates vary more widely but rarely equal male rates.<ref name="greenfacts">{{cite web|title=Tobacco: Active and Passive Smoking|url=http://www.greenfacts.org/en/tobacco/2-tobacco-smoking/1-smoke-tobacco.htm|website=Greenfacts.org|access-date=July 5, 2016}}</ref>

Tobacco users must also spend a significant amount of money on cigarettes to maintain regular use, as tobacco products are often heavily taxed by governments. For example, a pack a day smoker in the state of New York would have to spend around  $4,690.25 a year on cigarettes alone.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cost of Smoking |url=https://tobaccofreelife.org/why-quit-smoking/cost-smoking/ |access-date=July 6, 2022 |website=Tobacco-Free Life |language=en-US}}</ref>

In Indonesia, the lowest income group spends 15% of its total expenditures on tobacco. In Egypt, more than 10% of low-income household expenditure is on tobacco. The poorest 20% of households in Mexico spend 11% of their income on tobacco.<ref name="who 2008 mpower"/>