Income from tobacco and expenditure on health issues from tobacco

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Table 4.15: Trends in excise collection (Rs million per annum)

Year	Cigarettes		Other tobacco		Total tobacco excise	Total excise revenue
	Excise	Share (1) (%)	Excise	Share (1) (%)		Excise	Share (2) (all tobacco) (%)	Share (2) (cigarettes) (%)
1971/72	1 930	69.6	840	30.4	2 780	20 610	13.5	9.36
1981/82	6 840	82.0	1 500	18.0	8.350	74 210	11.3	9.22
1991/92	24 500	89.1	2.990	10.9	27 490	245 140	11.2	9.99
1992/93	27 680	89.1	3.370	10.9	31 050	281 100	10.0	9.85
1993/94	27 400	87.6	3 870	12.4	31.270	311 460	10.0	8.80
1994/95	30.750	87.8	4 090	12.2	35 000	373 470	9.45	8.23
1995/96	34 270	84.9	4 880	15.1	40 360	401 870	11.0	8.53
1996/97	39 827	85.7	9 667	14.3	46 494	450 080	10.3	8.50
1997/98	44 924	86.1	7 225	13.9	52 149	477 000	10.9	9.42
1998/99	51 118	86.0	8 322	14.0	59 440	559 100	10.6	9.14

Notes: (1) Percentage share in total tobacco excise. (2) Percentage share in total excise revenue.
Source: Government of India. Budget Documents.

Table 4. 16: Economic cost of major diseases attributed to tobacco use in India in 1999

		Tobacco-related diseases
		Cancers	Coronary Artery Diseases	Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
Number of cases attributable to tobacco use
	1996	154 300	4 200 000	3 700 000
	1999	163 500	4 450 000	3 920 000
Average cost per case in 1999 (1) (Rs)		350 000	29 000	23 300
Total cost for all India (1999) (Rs billion)		57.225	129.05	91.336
Total loss (1999)		Rs 277.611 billion (» US$6.5 billion)

Notes: (1) Percentage share in total tobacco excise. (2) Percentage share in total excise revenue.
Source: Government of India. Budget Documents.