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Press Release: Alcohol Is Too Cheap, and It’s Costing Lives and Tax Revenue

New report finds alcohol prices are abysmally low almost everywhere, and alcohol taxes mostly fail to realize their full public health and revenue potential. Alcohol use costs 2.6 million lives every year and over 2% of GDP in much of the world. Despite these harms, there is an immense gap between current alcohol tax policies and evidenc... Read More about Press Release: Alcohol Is Too Cheap, and It’s Costing Lives and Tax Revenue
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Press Release: Fourth Cigarette Tax Scorecard Shows Limited Progress, Substantial Opportunity for Governments

The fourth edition of the Economics for Health Cigarette Tax Scorecard (formerly released under “Tobacconomics”) is out today, December 15, 2025, and shows that most governments are not implementing best practices in tobacco taxation. Tobacco use is one of the leading causes of preventable death, and tobacco taxes remain the m... Read More about Press Release: Fourth Cigarette Tax Scorecard Shows Limited Progress, Substantial Opportunity for Governments

Press Release: Leading Think Tank on Health Impacts of Fiscal Policies Rebrands as Economics for Health

The following is a statement by Dr. Jeffrey Drope, Director of Economics for Health. “Decades of data on global burden of disease and mortality are clear. Increasingly, preventable deaths around the world are being driven by noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) like cancer, lung disease, and heart disease, which now give rise to 74% of... Read More about Press Release: Leading Think Tank on Health Impacts of Fiscal Policies Rebrands as Economics for Health