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 … taxes on cigarettes encompasses the direct negative price shock to household budgets and the long-term benefits of improved …

Currently there are approximately 4 million tobacco related deaths annually. If present trends continue, by the year …, government action to establish various tobacco control initiatives can prevent this from happening and save a significant number … of lives. Tobacco control measures include: i) raising tobacco prices by imposing higher excise taxes; ii) advertising …