Higher Tobacco Prices and Taxes in Southeast Asia : An Effective Tool to Reduce Tobacco Use, Save Lives and Generate Revenue

Higher Tobacco Prices and Taxes in Southeast Asia : An Effective Tool to Reduce Tobacco Use, Save Lives and Generate Revenue

This report summarizes the health consequences and costs associated with tobacco use. It reviews price trends for tobacco products in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Thailand and Sri Lanka. It reports trends in government tobacco tax revenues...

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Main Authors: Guindon, G. Emmanuel, Perucic, Anne-Marie, Boisclair, David
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
ALCOHOL
BABIES
BURDEN OF DISEASE
CANCER
CANCERS
CORRUPTION
DISEASES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
EPIDEMIOLOGY
FAMILIES
HEALTH
HEALTH PROMOTION
HEALTH RISKS
HEART DISEASE
HYPERTENSION
MALNUTRITION
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
NATIONAL HEALTH
NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS
NUTRITION
POOR FAMILIES
PREGNANCY
PREMATURE DEATH
PRICE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS
RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
SEX
SMOKING
SOCIAL SECURITY
TOBACCO
TOBACCO ADVERTISING
TOBACCO CONSUMPTION
TOBACCO CONTROL
TOBACCO INDUSTRY
TOBACCO SMUGGLING
TOBACCO TAXES
TOBACCO USE
TUBERCULOSIS
YOUNG PEOPLE ECONOMICS OF TOBACCO CONTROL
CIGARETTES
NICOTINE
SMUGGLING
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/10/3928586/higher-tobacco-prices-taxes-southeast-asia-effective-tool-reduce-tobacco-use-save-lives-generate-revenue
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13717

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/10/3928586/higher-tobacco-prices-taxes-southeast-asia-effective-tool-reduce-tobacco-use-save-lives-generate-revenue
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13717

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