-attributable diseases, catastrophic health expenditures, and extreme poverty averted. The additional tax burden is, however, borne mostly by … the top income group in the 62 percent price increase scenario. Thus, tobacco taxes are an effective way to improve health …

: smoking is bad for your health.' Since October 4, 2012, large (50 percent of the pack surface area), graphic health …Smoking is a leading cause of preventable premature deaths. Smoking's effects will continue to devastate lives in many … countries, including Ukraine, if measures are not implemented to reduce its prevalence. Smoking is a major cause of many chronic …

awarded the World No Tobacco Day Prize of the World Health Organization (WHO) for its tobacco control efforts and … implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). Such policy was very beneficial to public health: according … to the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC), the prevalence of daily smoking among people aged 15 years …

of the FCTC provisions are included in the legislation. The prevalence of smoking was quite high in 1970-1990s ranging … prevalence of smoking decreased. Tobacco consumption and smoking prevalence in Argentina decreased due to the implementation of … growers through the Special Tobacco Fund are counterproductive from both public health and economic perspectives. Tobacco use …

Serbia has rather high prevalence of smoking. According to the National Health Surveys, the prevalence of daily smoking … 2000 (26 percent). Cigarette smoking among adolescents aged 13-15 years old decreased in 2013-2017; however, the use of … taxation policy in Serbia in 2009-2013 was very successful from a public health perspective as it reduced tobacco consumption …