Taxing Tobacco in Georgia : Welfare and Distributional Gains of Smoking Cessation

This paper analyzes the welfare and distributional impacts of increasing taxes on cigarettes in Georgia. Increasing taxes on tobacco is an effective measure to reduce smoking. According to some estimates, increasing tobacco taxes could save more th...

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Main Authors: Fuchs Tarlovsky, Alan, Gonzalez Icaza, Maria Fernanda
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/752631580310103282/Taxing-Tobacco-in-Georgia-Welfare-and-Distributional-Gains-of-Smoking-Cessation
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33266

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