초록 ▼

Ⅳ. 연구결과
□ 우리나라의 낮은 담배가격 때문에 흡연율이 증가할 가능성이 많음.
- 담배의 가격탄력도에 대한 국내 연구에서, 각각의 연구에 따라 가격탄력도의 추정치는 대체로 – 0.6에서 0.2 범위의 값을 나타내고, 최근의 담배수요추정에 대한 국내 연구에 따르면 분석에 사용된 모든 담배제품의 가격이 동시에 100원 오르면 흡연율은 0.41% 감소하는 것으로 나타남.1)

□ 담배 가격정책의 효과에 대한 고찰
- 담배에 대한 조세부담 증가는 가장 효과적인 담배규제정책 중의 하나임. European Str

Ⅳ. 연구결과
□ 우리나라의 낮은 담배가격 때문에 흡연율이 증가할 가능성이 많음.
- 담배의 가격탄력도에 대한 국내 연구에서, 각각의 연구에 따라 가격탄력도의 추정치는 대체로 – 0.6에서 0.2 범위의 값을 나타내고, 최근의 담배수요추정에 대한 국내 연구에 따르면 분석에 사용된 모든 담배제품의 가격이 동시에 100원 오르면 흡연율은 0.41% 감소하는 것으로 나타남.1)

□ 담배 가격정책의 효과에 대한 고찰
- 담배에 대한 조세부담 증가는 가장 효과적인 담배규제정책 중의 하나임. European Strategy for Tobacco control(ESTC)는 다음과 같은 적극적인 가격정책을 실시할 것을 권고하고 있음(정영호 등, 2010).
- 분석대상 유럽국가(19개국)들의 2006~2008년사이의 담배가격 추이를 살펴보면 일부국가(폴란드, 슬로바키아공화국)을 제외하면 담배가격이 매년 상승하는 것을 알 수 있음.
- 담배규제기본협약의 비준국으로서 담배가격을 올린 유럽국가들에서 흡연율이 최근에 감소하는 경향을 고찰할 수 있음.

□ 담배가격인상시 재원활용
- 아시아국가중에서 우리나라는 비가격정책을 모범적으로 강력하게 추진해왔으며 좋은 사례가 되고 있음.
- 2005년부터 흡연자금연지원서비스인 금연클리닉과 금연콜센터 서비스를 보급해왔음. 향후에는 흡연율이 높은 저소득층 및 취약계층에 대한 서비스 공급이 증가해야 할 것임. 또한 금연구역정책도 다양한 측면에서 확대되어야 할 것임.

Abstract ▼

The Republic of Korea signed the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on July 21, 2003, and ratified the FCTC on May 16, 2005. To better implement the FCTC to Korean society, the government and non governmental organizations have tried policy and programs to secure health of the public from tobac

The Republic of Korea signed the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on July 21, 2003, and ratified the FCTC on May 16, 2005. To better implement the FCTC to Korean society, the government and non governmental organizations have tried policy and programs to secure health of the public from tobacco smoke. The purpose of this report was to establish basis for the mid and long term tobacco control policy plan. It was to provide policy recommendations to Korean policy makers that deal with tobacco control policy, anti-smoking program providers and health professionals. The content of this report included summary of the results of the international seminar on tobacco control held on June 18, 2010 in the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs in Seoul. The seminar was to introduce foreign countries' experience and to draw implications for the Korean tobacco control policy. Price and non price policy measures to reduce the smoking rate were discussed.

● Results of the seminar
- Since the FCTC development, smoking rates in advanced countries have been rapidly decreased. The tobacco control policies have been strengthened. In addition, tobacco control efforts in Asian countries have produced some success stories as well. Major lessons from the countries are as follows,

○ Tax policy can be seen as the most important strategy to implement correctly particularly when some funding is made available for media marketing strategies and cessation support
○ Smokefree policies need wide and uncompromising implementation
○ Package warning are key and the issue of plain packaging needs to be on our agenda
○ Denormalisation of smoking is crucial
○ The FCTC is an important asset, but needs to reach for higher goals

- The Korean government has increased tobacco tax in 2004 for the purpose of enhancing public health. Since 2005, about 354 KRW has been earmarked for every 20 cigarettes. The price of 20 cigarettes has been 2,500 KRW for many years. Researchers insisted that the price should be increased to at least 6,000 KRW to reduce smoking rate.

● Implications for future research
○ There should be some understanding of the need for price measures among Korean policy makers. Price policy has been an important measure for reducing the smoking epidemic. Since there has been no price measure enhancement since December, 2004, there should be some policy decision on rising tobacco price.
○ Korean experience of the non price measures of tobacco control has been a good example in Asia. Korea has implemented strong smoke free policy. Since 2005, there has been free smoking cessation service provided by the local public health centers and telephone smoking cessation counseling service provided by the National Cancer Center. These services should be extended to low-income people, and smoke free areas has to be extended as well.