Policy makers hesitate to increase tobacco taxes over concerns about taxes being regressive and potentially increasing poverty and inequality. This note summarizes a set of studies of the effects of raising tobacco taxes in 11 low and middle-income countries using an extended cost-benefit analysis (ECBA) and harmonized national household budget survey data and introduces the TOBACTAX Tool. The studies find that demand price elasticities for tobacco...
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2020/07/01
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Increasing Taxes on Tobacco in Low and Middle-Income Countries : Hurting or Saving the Poor?
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Poverty and Equity