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Do Tobacco Taxes Harm the Poor in Latin America?: A Review of Evidence from the Region

Around the world, countries continue to face challenges in the implementation of best practices in tobacco taxation (learn more in the Tobacconomics Cigarette Tax Scorecard). Historically, tobacco control efforts were limited by a lack of local economic evidence on the effect of policies, especially tobacco taxation. To address this issue... Read More about Do Tobacco Taxes Harm the Poor in Latin America?: A Review of Evidence from the Region
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Do Tobacco Taxes Harm the Poor in Asia?: A Review of Evidence from the Region

In an effort to build the evidence base on the economics of tobacco taxation in low- and middle-income countries, Tobacconomics has been working with local think tanks since 2017. The evidence produced under the Think Tanks Project addresses the questions outlined in six research core competency questions (shown below). Each of these ques... Read More about Do Tobacco Taxes Harm the Poor in Asia?: A Review of Evidence from the Region
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The Potential Benefits of Effective Cigarette Tax Policies: Evidence from Southeastern Europe

Since 2017, Tobacconomics has worked with think tanks in low- and middle-income countries to produce economic evidence on tobacco control. For this evidence to be timely and relevant, we focus on six research core competencies (shown below), which reflect current tax policy discussions. The findings can be used to inform more effective to... Read More about The Potential Benefits of Effective Cigarette Tax Policies: Evidence from Southeastern Europe
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The Potential Benefits of Effective Cigarette Tax Policies: Evidence from Latin America

As part of the Tobacconomics Think Tank Project, we have been partnering with think tanks in low- and middle-income countries to produce economic evidence on effective tobacco taxation. Through our work, we set out to answer six questions that guide our research core competencies (shown below), which reflect common arguments made by the i... Read More about The Potential Benefits of Effective Cigarette Tax Policies: Evidence from Latin America
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The Potential Benefits of Effective Cigarette Tax Policies: Evidence from Asia

Over the last several years, Tobacconomics has partnered with think tanks in low- and middle-income countries to produce local evidence on the economics of tobacco taxation. Our research efforts are guided by six research core competencies (shown below), which represent timely and relevant topics of discussion related to tobacco taxes. De... Read More about The Potential Benefits of Effective Cigarette Tax Policies: Evidence from Asia
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Tobacco Taxes Work! Consumer Responses to Cigarette Price Increases- Evidence from Think Tanks in Southeastern Europe

In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) around the world, governments are failing to reap the benefits of effective tobacco taxation. Under the Think Tanks Project, Tobacconomics has been partnering with think tanks since 2017 to produce the economic evidence needed to inform effective policies to reap public health and fiscal benefit... Read More about Tobacco Taxes Work! Consumer Responses to Cigarette Price Increases- Evidence from Think Tanks in Southeastern Europe
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Tobacco Taxes Work! Consumer Responses to Cigarette Price Increases- Evidence from Think Tanks in Latin America

Over the last five years, Tobacconomics has been partnering with think tanks in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to develop the necessary economic evidence base for effective tobacco control. The six questions that inform the core competencies (shown below) are based on current tobacco tax policy discussions and guide our research... Read More about Tobacco Taxes Work! Consumer Responses to Cigarette Price Increases- Evidence from Think Tanks in Latin America
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Tobacco Taxes Work! Consumer Responses to Cigarette Price Increases- Evidence from Think Tanks in Asia

Five years ago, we began partnering with think tanks in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) as a part of the Think Tanks Project to produce evidence on the economics of tobacco taxation. The research produced under these partnerships is guided by six research competencies (shown below). Each competency asks a question which is releva... Read More about Tobacco Taxes Work! Consumer Responses to Cigarette Price Increases- Evidence from Think Tanks in Asia