Reducing Tobacco Use through Taxation : The Experience of the Republic of Korea

Reducing Tobacco Use through Taxation : The Experience of the Republic of Korea

As a country with one of the highest male smoking rates and one of the lowest cigarette prices in the world, Korea has prioritized many tobacco control efforts, including bans on smoking in public places, regulations on tobacco advertising, and pub...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
TOBACCO CONTROL
TOBACCO TAX
TOBACCO CONSUMPTION
CIGARETTE SMOKING
TAXATION
PUBLIC HEALTH
EXCISE TAX
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/150681529071812689/Reducing-tobacco-use-through-taxation-the-experience-of-the-Republic-of-Korea
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spelling okr-10986-300202021-05-25T09:15:29Z Reducing Tobacco Use through Taxation : The Experience of the Republic of Korea World Bank Group TOBACCO CONTROL TOBACCO TAX TOBACCO CONSUMPTION CIGARETTE SMOKING TAXATION PUBLIC HEALTH EXCISE TAX As a country with one of the highest male smoking rates and one of the lowest cigarette prices in the world, Korea has prioritized many tobacco control efforts, including bans on smoking in public places, regulations on tobacco advertising, and public education about the harms of tobacco use. Consistent implementation of tobacco control policies has helped to magnify the importance of using tobacco tax rises as the basis of tobacco price policy – though these reforms took a long time to implement. 2018-07-17T16:11:30Z 2018-07-17T16:11:30Z 2018-06-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/150681529071812689/Reducing-tobacco-use-through-taxation-the-experience-of-the-Republic-of-Korea http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30020 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Health Study Economic & Sector Work
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topic TOBACCO CONTROL
TOBACCO TAX
TOBACCO CONSUMPTION
CIGARETTE SMOKING
TAXATION
PUBLIC HEALTH
EXCISE TAX
spellingShingle TOBACCO CONTROL
TOBACCO TAX
TOBACCO CONSUMPTION
CIGARETTE SMOKING
TAXATION
PUBLIC HEALTH
EXCISE TAX
World Bank Group
Reducing Tobacco Use through Taxation : The Experience of the Republic of Korea
description As a country with one of the highest male smoking rates and one of the lowest cigarette prices in the world, Korea has prioritized many tobacco control efforts, including bans on smoking in public places, regulations on tobacco advertising, and public education about the harms of tobacco use. Consistent implementation of tobacco control policies has helped to magnify the importance of using tobacco tax rises as the basis of tobacco price policy – though these reforms took a long time to implement.
format Report
author World Bank Group
author_facet World Bank Group
author_sort World Bank Group
title Reducing Tobacco Use through Taxation : The Experience of the Republic of Korea
title_short Reducing Tobacco Use through Taxation : The Experience of the Republic of Korea
title_full Reducing Tobacco Use through Taxation : The Experience of the Republic of Korea
title_fullStr Reducing Tobacco Use through Taxation : The Experience of the Republic of Korea
title_full_unstemmed Reducing Tobacco Use through Taxation : The Experience of the Republic of Korea
title_sort reducing tobacco use through taxation : the experience of the republic of korea
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/150681529071812689/Reducing-tobacco-use-through-taxation-the-experience-of-the-Republic-of-Korea
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