Looking Back on 2022: A Round-Up of Research on Tobacco from Latin America
Our think tank partners across Latin America continued to produce research throughout 2022 and we summarize these findings below. Overall, the evidence shows that tobacco use continues to harm the region due to ineffective tobacco taxation. Aligning these policies with evidence-based best practices in tobacco taxation is essential to redu... Read More about Looking Back on 2022: A Round-Up of Research on Tobacco from Latin America
Looking Back on 2022: A Round-Up of Research on Tobacco from Asia
In Asia, many governments are failing to implement tobacco tax policies that align with evidence-based best practices. As a result, consumption continues to threaten the wellbeing of smokers, their families, countries, and the region as a whole. The first step to improving these tax policies is to produce and disseminate rigorous economic... Read More about Looking Back on 2022: A Round-Up of Research on Tobacco from Asia
2023 Brings Tobacco Tax Increases Around the World
We covered a lot of ground on the blog in 2022 reviewing the evidence on tobacco taxation in various regions around the world. Across these vastly different policy environments, two things hold true: tobacco use continues to cause enormous harm, particularly among youth and low-income families, and taxation remains the most cost-effective... Read More about 2023 Brings Tobacco Tax Increases Around the World
Tobacconomics Launches a Second Tobacco Control Supplement
Tobacconomics is excited to announce the launch of our second Tobacco Control supplement: The Economics of Tobacco Taxation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (Part 2). This supplement includes original research from our think tank partners in Asia, Latin America, and Southeastern Europe. We began this project in 2017 with the goal of b... Read More about Tobacconomics Launches a Second Tobacco Control Supplement
Tobacco Taxes and the Threat of the Illicit Market: Southeastern Europe
Over the past five years, Tobacconomics has been partnering with think tanks in low- and middle-income countries to improve our understanding of the economics of tobacco and tobacco control around the world. Our work aims to answer the questions set out by six research core competencies (shown below). The competencies are based on current... Read More about Tobacco Taxes and the Threat of the Illicit Market: Southeastern Europe
Tobacco Taxes and the Threat of the Illicit Market: Latin America
Five years ago, we launched the Think Tanks Project to build a local evidence base on the economics of tobacco and tobacco control in low- and middle-income countries. The research topics we pursued with our think tank partners were guided by six research core competencies (presented below as questions). This framework ensured that our fi... Read More about Tobacco Taxes and the Threat of the Illicit Market: Latin America
Tobacco Taxes and the Threat of the Illicit Market: Asia
In 2017, Tobacconomics began partnering with think tanks in low- and middle-income countries as part of the Think Tanks Project. This project aims to the produce local evidence on the economics of tobacco and tobacco control. Our work is guided by six research core competencies (presented below as questions), which ensure that the researc... Read More about Tobacco Taxes and the Threat of the Illicit Market: Asia
The Role of Tobacco in the Economies of Low- and Middle-Income Countries
In 2017, Tobacconomics began the Think Tanks Project with the goal of building a local evidence base on the economics of tobacco control in low- and middle-income countries. The research we produce is guided by six research core competencies (shown below as questions) to ensure that it is both timely and relevant for policy discussions. W... Read More about The Role of Tobacco in the Economies of Low- and Middle-Income Countries