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effect, whereby price influences the individual by changing community smoking behavior. Estimates suggest a 10 percent … increase in price decreases daily smoking by 0.75 percentage points (1.7 percent), occasional smoking by 1.39 percentage points … (9.3 percent) and average smoking intensity by 0.15 cigarettes per day (2.9 percent). Further, the indirect effect …
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This paper describes trends in tobacco use in Sri Lanka, assesses the economic contribution of the industry (jobs, earnings, tax revenues and trade balance), and analyses the relationship between demand for cigarettes and prices and incomes, looking at different socioeconomic groups. It uses the...
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This paper usesthe Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) Household Survey, conducted in 1995, to analyze demand for cigarettes in Bulgaria and the effects on the poor of a hypothetical revenue-maximizing specific excise tax increase levied on cigarettes. One important finding is that the tax...
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tobacco taxation in these three countries. According to the results obtained, in 2012 smoking caused around 310,000 deaths in … analysis includes an estimation of changes in smoking prevalence, mortality, life expectancy, and public health expenditures by … income quintile and gender. Considered excise growth can lead to about 3.5 to 4.0 percent fall in smoking prevalence, which …
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