GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION ON THE USING OF

CIGARETTES IN THE VIETNAMESE MARKET

TABLE OF CONTENT

I) ABSTRACT 2

II) INTRODUCTION 3

III) RATIONALE OF RESEARCH 3

IV), CURRENT PROBLEMS 4

ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE “ 4

V) POSSIBLE CAUSES 4

VI)SOLUTION OF AUTHORITY 4

VII) EVALUTION 5

VIII) CONCLUSION 5

IX)REFERENCE: 6
I) ABSTRACT

This research will discuss tobacco use in Vietnam and the

government's way of limiting its effects. Besides, the essay also points
out recent problems in controlling tobacco quantity for consumers,
causes of it as well as immediate effective solutions of the government.
Last but not least, it is necessary to evaluate these methods and give
some recommendations to strengthen the hole in the authority's solution.

II) INTRODUCTION

In recent years, the covid pandemic has spread terror to people

around the world. And despite drastic containment and government
solutions around the world, it still causes millions of deaths every year.
According to website Bo Y Te, up to now, the total number of infections
and death caused by Covid-19 are 21560 and 104, in respectively.
Meanwhile, tobacco causes annually 40000 death, 400 times
compare to Covid (Phap Luat New). It is clearly a serious problem that
people have underestimated. So that, in this research, I will examine
"government intervention" in the trade of the researched goods, services
in terms of current issues, potential causes, and current solutions.

III) RATIONALE OF RESEARCH

Numerous people's death caused by cigarettes showed a wake-up

call with the government so they need to give effective ways to solve
this issue. Besides it, there still have some weaknesses in the solution. In
this essay, I will examine reasons and recommend some useful
proposals.

IV), CURRENT PROBLEMS

According to the article “Thực trạng hút thuốc lá ở Việt Nam”, the
author Ha Chi say, ”Vietnam currently has 33 million non-smokers
regularly exposed to secondhand smoke at home, and more than 5
million non-smoking adults regularly breathe second-hand smoke at
work. The rate of passive smoking in restaurants is 84.9%”. Espically,
Vietnam's tobacco tax policy is not strong enough because the tax
calculation is applied only as a percentage and the tax calculation price
is based on the shipping price. As a result, Vietnam tobacco taxes and
prices are now very low, making tobacco cheaper and increasing the
burden of tobacco-related morbidity and mortality in Vietnam, he
maintain.

V) POSSIBLE CAUSES

Based on Caithuoclathaynghi.com, there are two main causes of

smoking: subjective causes and objective causes. The first reason is
divided into 3 different causes: teenage curiosity proved someone self
and reduce stress in the daily life. An objective cause is that society has a
lot of people using tobacco so they want to follow them to be part of the
crowd. Moreover, in the conversation, they are smoking as a way to
communicate.

VI)SOLUTION OF AUTHORITY
 Because of the above harms that our state has enacted a law on
prevention of tobacco harms, its contents are measures to reduce the
demand for tobacco use, measures to control tobacco supply and
conditions for tobacco use and ensure to prevent, combat the harmful
effects of tobacco( Chinhphu.vn). In which, the notable points are the
prohibition of tobacco use in regulated places and the imposition of
excise tax on cigarettes at 70% of the ex-factory price.

VII) EVALUTION

Regarding the ban on tobacco use in some places where there are
regulations, it can be found that this is not very effective because
smokers can sneak cigarettes into the toilet or empty places to use.
Regarding the application of the excise tax, if calculated at retail prices,
this tax only accounts for about 36% of the retail price of cigarettes. This
rate is much lower than the world average (56%), lower than most of
ASEAN countries (Thailand 73%, Singapore 66%, Brunei 62%) and far
from the WHO recommendation (70 %), according to hoinongdan.org.
To prevent these weaknesses, the state needs to take stronger
action such as high taxes on tobacco products like other countries in the
world. And when the tax rate is as high as the salary of state civil
servants, they will limit the use of tobacco on a regular basis, thereby
reducing the current excessive tobacco consumption.

VIII) CONCLUSION
 In conclusion, the above essay has given us an overview of tobacco
consumption in the Vietnamese market and the government's efforts in
controlling it. Although there are still many imperfect solutions, they
generally solve the basic problems. In the distant future, I hope that the
solutions proposed in this essay will help the government to further
refine its policies.

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