The main objectives of this paper are to estimate the burden of tobacco-caused mortality as a whole and by main tobacco-related diseases in Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine, and to assess the distributional health impact of an increase in tobacco taxation in these three countries....

This paper explains the tobacco tax structure and cigarette pricing mechanism in China, develops a general analytical framework for analyzing the Chinese tobacco turnover tax system, and examines the effects of 2009 tobacco tax adjustment on cigarette prices and tax revenue. We find that...

This report reviews the key issues in the economics of tobacco control in Turkey, including taxation, tobacco control policies, income, price and expenditure elasticity of cigarettes and the link between poverty and tobacco use. In the first part of the report, information is presented on...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY North Dakota has a long history of tobacco-related legislation dating back to the late 1800's, well before the formal organization of health advocates for tobacco control. Citizens of North Dakota recognized the negative health effects of tobacco smoke before most of the nation...

This study is based both on secondary and primary data. The primary data were collected using a smoking behavior survey and a purposive sample survey among tobacco-cultivating farmers. The tobacco industry is a lucrative business for the private sector and government; the private sector makes...

This paper provides the first estimates of tobacco price elasticity for adults in Canada's Aboriginal communities, distinguishing between two price effects: the direct effect, reflecting individual reaction to a price change, and the indirect effect, whereby price influences the individual by...

This study of the tobacco industry and taxation policy in Morocco summarizes tobacco expenditure data from surveys, and looks at trends in these expenditures. The taxation and price policy implemented by the Moroccan government through the Régie des Tabacs is described, and the overall...