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Prices and social behavior: A study of adult smoking in Canadian Aboriginal communities
Matheson, Jesse - Department of Economics, Leicester University - 2011
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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THE ECONOMICS OF TOBACCO IN SRI LANKA
Arunatilake, Nisha; Opatha, Maduwanthi - Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UC … - 2004
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010843258
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Cigarette Demand, Taxation, and the Poor: A Case Study of Bulgaria
Sayginsoy, Ozgen; Yurekli, Ayda A.; de Beyer, Joy - Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UC … - 2002
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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The effects of tobacco taxes on health : an analysis of the effects by income quintile and gender in Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine
Denisova, Irina; Kuznetsova, Polina - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
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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Using a Natural Experiment to Examine Tobacco Tax Regressivity
Bosch, Adel; Koch, Steven F. - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2014
We take advantage of a tobacco tax hike that occurred during the collection of the South African Income and Expenditure Survey to examine the regressivity of tobacco taxes. We are also able to examine the relative change in regressivity following the tax increase. Like previous research into...
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ANALYSIS OF THE ECONOMICS OF TOBACCO IN MOROCCO
Aloui, Omar - Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UC … - 2003
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...
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The Economics of Tobacco in Egypt: A New Analysis of Demand
Nassar, Heba - Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UC … - 2003
This study examines the economics of tobacco production and demand in Egypt. It reviews previous studies of demand for cigarettes, consumption trends, and the data on tobacco-attributable diseases. It describes the structure and trends in cigarette production in egypt, and the level of imports...
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Price, Tax and Cigarette Smoking: Simulations of China¡¯s Tobacco Tax Policy
Gao, Song; Zheng, Rong - In: Frontiers of Economics in China 7 (2012) 4, pp. 604-626
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...
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THE ECONOMICS OF TOBACCO IN TURKEY : New evidence and demand estimates
Onder, Zeynep - Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UC … - 2002
that changes in the cigarette tax rate and price of cigarettes would have on the smoking prevalence rate and number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010537824
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Tobacco Control Policy Making in North Dakota: A Tradition of Activism
Welle, Jennifer R MPH; Ibrahim, Jennifer K. Ph.D.; … - Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UC … - 2004
legislation which required the designation of a smoking area in places of public assembly was similar to the 1975 Minnesota Clean …
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