taxes

Tobacco Industry Strategies Undermine Government Tax Policy: Evidence from Commercial Data

Scientific article

9 October 2017

Abstract Objective: Taxation equitably reduces smoking, the leading cause of health inequalities. The tobacco industry (TI) can, however, undermine the public health gains realised from tobacco taxation through its pricing strategies. This...

Sugar, Tobacco, and Alcohol Taxes to Achieve the SDGs

Scientific article

29 May 2018

More than a decade after the adoption of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, there is compelling evidence that raising tobacco prices substantially through taxation is the single most effective way to reduce tobacco use and...

The Economic Impact of Changes in Alcohol Consumption in the UK

Book

1 April 2018

Executive Summary The alcohol industry (both manufacturing and sales) is important to the UK Economy as it supports thousands of jobs (IAS, 2017a; Oxford Economics, 2016). However, there are many well documented adverse effects of high...

Generating Revenue by Raising Tobacco Taxes in Latin America and the Caribbean

Scientific article

12 January 2018

Abstract Objective: The objective of this study was to determine if raising tobacco taxes in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region will generate extra tax revenue, even at outer edges of the sensitivity analysis, with relatively high...

Alcohol Taxation Policy in Kyrgyzstan (2017)

Book

Increasing the price of alcohol is one of the most effective policy measures to reduce overall consumption in a country, and hence to reduce the level of alcohol-related harm. Taxation is a common way to control the price of alcoholic...

Tobacco Industry Strategies Undermine Government Tax Policy: Evidence from Commercial Data

Scientific article

9 October 2017

Regressive or Progressive? The Effect of Tobacco Taxes in Ukraine

Book

27 September 2017

ABSTRACT Tobacco taxes are usually considered regressive as the poorest individuals allocate larger shares of their budget towards the purchase of tobacco related products. However, because these taxes also discourage tobacco use, some of...

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