Graphic Health Warnings & Smoking Ban Set to Impact Future Sales in Australia

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c53266) has announced the addition of the Euromonitor International report: Tobacco in Australia to their offering.

Our Tobacco in Australia report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data (2000-2005), allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market – be they new legislative, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts to 2010 illustrate how the market is set to change.

Product coverage includes: cigarettes, cigars and smoking tobacco

Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data

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Topics Covered

Executive Summary

Cigarette Decline Continues, Albeit at A Slower Pace

Graphic Health Warnings & Smoking Ban Set To Impact Future Sales

Changing Distribution Patterns

Cigar Sales Boosted by Stock Dumping

Cigars Hit Hardest by Display Space Restrictions

Roll-your-own (ryo) Sales Level Out

Key Trends and Impact Assessment

Smoking Population

Death by Cause

Legislation

Tar

Health Warnings

Duty Paid Packet Marks

Advertising and Sponsorship

Smoking in Public Places

Litigation

Taxation and Duty Levies

Table 1 Taxation and Duty Levies 2001-2005

Contraband (cigarettes)

Production/imports/exports

Table 2 Trade Statistics — Cigarettes 2001-2005

The Role and Effect of Cannabis/marijuana

Cigarettes: Price Bands

Cigarettes: Filter Splits

Cigarettes: Pack Splits

Market Indicators

Table 3 Number of Smokers by Gender 2000-2005

Table 4 Deaths by Diseases of the Respiratory System 2000-2005

Table 5 Deaths from Heart Disease 2000-2005

Table 6 Deaths from Lung Cancer 2000-2005

Table 7 Contraband Cigarettes Penetration Estimate 2000-2005

Market Data

Table 8 Retail Sales of Tobacco by Sector: Value 2000-2005

Table 9 Retail Sales of Tobacco by Sector: Volume 2000-2005

Table 10 Retail Sales of Tobacco by Sector: % Value Growth 2000-2005

Table 11 Retail Sales of Tobacco by Sector: % Volume Growth 2000-2005

Table 12 Retail Sales of Cigarettes by Distribution Format: % Analysis 2000/2005

Table 13 Forecast Retail Sales of Tobacco by Sector: Volume 2005-2010

Table 14 Forecast Retail Sales of Tobacco by Sector: Value 2005-2010

Table 15 Forecast Retail Sales of Tobacco by Sector: % Volume Growth 2005-2010

Table 16 Forecast Retail Sales of Tobacco by Sector: % Value Growth 2005-2010

Definitions

Summary

Cigarette decline continues, albeit at a slower pace

Cigarette volume sales fell marginally over the review period compared to growth for cigars and smoking tobacco. However, following rapid drops in 1999, when taxation changed to a per stick excise, and 2000, when GST (Goods & Services Tax) was introduced, the rate of decline became far less dramatic. The cost of cigarettes is now rising at around 4% per year, but this is in line with increases in other tobacco sectors, so the rate of switching to more affordable options has been far slower.

Switching is now more noticeable in terms of a move towards smaller pack sizes, rather than into other sectors, such as smoking tobacco. Bulk economy packs were the hardest hit by the change to a per stick excise and packs of 20 and 25 continue to gain share as a result.

Graphic health warnings & smoking ban set to impact future sales

Both state and federal governments continue to increase legislation to reduce smoking opportunities. By mid-2007 there will be a nationwide ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces including bars, clubs and other licensed premises. New graphic warnings on all cigarette, cigar and tobacco packaging from March 2006 will also have a negative impact upon volume growth over the forecast period.

Changing distribution patterns

Supermarkets/hypermarkets remains the most important distribution channel accounting for nearly half of all cigarette sales in 2005. However, there was a slight drop in share of sales in 2005 as display restrictions in some states saw display space reduced to a single metre. Although the same range of products is stocked, there has been some switching to other channels, such as specialist tobacconists, which have a wider visible range on offer. Under the new regulations specialist tobacconists are allowed three metres of display space, and having more products visible enabled the channel to gain share in 2005.

Companies Mentioned

Philip Morris

British American Tobacco

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