Spending

• The average Scottish family spends £41.80 on food, £5.50 on cigarettes and £6.70 on alcoholic drinks every week.

Source: Office for National Statistics. 2008. Family spending: report on the 2007 expenditure and food survey [online] London: Palgrave Macmillan. Available from: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_social/Family_Spending_2007/FamilySpending2008_web.pdf [accessed 6 January 2010]

• People living in Scotland [in 2010] who smoke 20 cigarettes a day, will pay an average of £6.29  per packet, adding up to £2295.85 per year.

Source: Tobacco Manufacturers Association. [2010] UK cigarette prices [online]  Available from: www.the-tma.org.uk/tma-publications-research/facts-figures/uk-cigarette-prices/ [accessed 07 July 2010]

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