The Economics of Tobacco Taxation and Employment in Indonesia : Policy Implications

The Economics of Tobacco Taxation and Employment in Indonesia : Policy Implications

Indonesia has one of the highest rates of cigarette consumption in the world. Tobacco use heavily burdens population health, undermines the quest for universal health coverage, and inflicts heavy direct and indirect economic costs. Higher tobacco t...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
TOBACCO TAX
EMPLOYMENT
EXCISE TAX
SIN TAX
TAXATION
TAX REFORM
TOBACCO CONSUMPTION
TOBACCO CONTROL
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/219251526070564098/policy-implications-technical-brief-May-2018
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29814
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spelling okr-10986-298142021-09-14T05:10:32Z The Economics of Tobacco Taxation and Employment in Indonesia : Policy Implications World Bank Group TOBACCO TAX EMPLOYMENT EXCISE TAX SIN TAX TAXATION TAX REFORM TOBACCO CONSUMPTION TOBACCO CONTROL Indonesia has one of the highest rates of cigarette consumption in the world. Tobacco use heavily burdens population health, undermines the quest for universal health coverage, and inflicts heavy direct and indirect economic costs. Higher tobacco taxes to increase cigarette prices contribute to reducing tobacco consumption and hence tobacco-related disease and death, while increasing public resources for development. The Indonesian government has recently raised tobacco tax rates. This strategy has brought initial gains and should be aggressively ramped up. By raising tobacco taxes toward WHO-recommended levels (at least 70 percent of retail price) and streamlining its tobacco excise tax structure, Indonesia can rapidly cut smoking rates, save many lives, and boost government revenue. Such policies would contribute to realizing Indonesia's demographic dividend by keeping people healthy. 2018-05-15T15:57:56Z 2018-05-15T15:57:56Z 2018-05 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/219251526070564098/policy-implications-technical-brief-May-2018 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29814 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Notes Economic & Sector Work East Asia and Pacific Indonesia
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topic TOBACCO TAX
EMPLOYMENT
EXCISE TAX
SIN TAX
TAXATION
TAX REFORM
TOBACCO CONSUMPTION
TOBACCO CONTROL
spellingShingle TOBACCO TAX
EMPLOYMENT
EXCISE TAX
SIN TAX
TAXATION
TAX REFORM
TOBACCO CONSUMPTION
TOBACCO CONTROL
World Bank Group
The Economics of Tobacco Taxation and Employment in Indonesia : Policy Implications
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Indonesia
description Indonesia has one of the highest rates of cigarette consumption in the world. Tobacco use heavily burdens population health, undermines the quest for universal health coverage, and inflicts heavy direct and indirect economic costs. Higher tobacco taxes to increase cigarette prices contribute to reducing tobacco consumption and hence tobacco-related disease and death, while increasing public resources for development. The Indonesian government has recently raised tobacco tax rates. This strategy has brought initial gains and should be aggressively ramped up. By raising tobacco taxes toward WHO-recommended levels (at least 70 percent of retail price) and streamlining its tobacco excise tax structure, Indonesia can rapidly cut smoking rates, save many lives, and boost government revenue. Such policies would contribute to realizing Indonesia's demographic dividend by keeping people healthy.
format Policy Note
author World Bank Group
author_facet World Bank Group
author_sort World Bank Group
title The Economics of Tobacco Taxation and Employment in Indonesia : Policy Implications
title_short The Economics of Tobacco Taxation and Employment in Indonesia : Policy Implications
title_full The Economics of Tobacco Taxation and Employment in Indonesia : Policy Implications
title_fullStr The Economics of Tobacco Taxation and Employment in Indonesia : Policy Implications
title_full_unstemmed The Economics of Tobacco Taxation and Employment in Indonesia : Policy Implications
title_sort economics of tobacco taxation and employment in indonesia : policy implications
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/219251526070564098/policy-implications-technical-brief-May-2018
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29814
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