Despite the well-known positive effects of tobacco taxes on health outcomes, policy makers avoid relying on such taxes … applied incorporates the negative price effect caused by an increase in tobacco taxes, combined with a presumed future … reduction in medical expenditures and a rise in working years caused by a reduction in the rate of smoking among the population …

taxes on tobacco is an effective measure to reduce smoking. According to some estimates, increasing tobacco taxes could save … to reduce consumption more intensely when faced with higher tobacco prices. The estimated magnitude and distribution of … reduced smoking - reductions in medical expenses and earnings from adverted premature deaths - could bring small, albeit …

Tobacco taxes are considered an effective policy tool to reduce tobacco consumption and produce long-run benefits that … of smoking can be reduced, including shorter life expectancy, higher medical expenses, added years of disability among … smokers, and the effects of secondhand smoke. Nonetheless, tobacco taxes are often considered regressive because low …

Tobacco taxes have positive impacts on health outcomes. However, policy makers often hesitate to use them because of … simulated distributional effects of tobacco tax increases in eight low- and middle-income countries. It applies a standardized … income gains. The comparative results do not support the claim that tobacco taxes are necessarily regressive. Although …

Despite the well-known positive impact of tobacco taxes on health outcomes, policy makers hesitate to use them because … more responsive to tobacco price changes, then people would experience even more gains from the health and work benefits …. More research is needed to clarify the distributional effects of tobacco taxation in Indonesia …

Despite the obvious positive health impacts of tobacco taxation, an argument raised against it is that poor households … bear the burden of the increased prices because of their higher share of spending on tobacco. This note includes estimates …

Tobacco-use-related diseases are the main cause of mortality in Moldova, where tobacco consumption is widely spread …, especially among men. In addition to health concerns, tobacco consumption has economic consequences, as households spend … substantial resources on tobacco and related out-of-pocket medical costs. Tobacco tax increases are one of the most effective …