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Research Makes the Case for Increased Tobacco Taxes in Pakistan and Southeastern Europe

March 07, 2019 New research from Pakistan- and Southeastern Europe-based think tanks find that tobacco taxation increases can reduce tobacco consumption and at the same time increase government revenues in the regions. In Pakistan, research results from the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) and the Social Policy and Development Centre... Read More about Research Makes the Case for Increased Tobacco Taxes in Pakistan and Southeastern Europe

Quarterly Update (March 2019)

March 04, 2019 Join us for a webinar on the new Tobacconomics Toolkit:"Using Household Expenditure Surveys for Research in the Economics of Tobacco Control"Wednesday, March 20th @ 8:00 a.m. CST Register here   Speakers: Violeta Vulovic, PhD and Rijo John, PhD For more information, questions, or help with re... Read More about Quarterly Update (March 2019)

From the Tobacconomics Team to you and yours, Season’s Greetings, 2018!

December 19, 2018 Season’s Greetings From the Tobacconomics Team! As we look back on 2018 and take stock of our accomplishments, we are thankful for our partnerships with twenty-two think tanks in seventeen countries worldwide. In 2019, we look forward... Read More about From the Tobacconomics Team to you and yours, Season’s Greetings, 2018!

Study: Indiana's Tobacco Control Efforts Woefully Underfunded

June 05, 2018 This media release was published on June 5th, 2018, and discusses the findings from the report released by the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation and written by Frank Chaloupka and John Tauras about Indiana's spending on tobacco control efforts. Read More about Study: Indiana's Tobacco Control Efforts Woefully Underfunded

Two More Countries Join Tobacconomics Partnerships to Reduce Global Tobacco Use

May 08, 2018 Researchers from Pakistan and Bangladesh have become the newest members of Tobacconomics’ international partners that will conduct economic research to help inform and shape tobacco control policies in the two countries. The new international partners are the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) in Bangladesh, the Pakista... Read More about Two More Countries Join Tobacconomics Partnerships to Reduce Global Tobacco Use

Tobacconomics Announces New International Partnerships to Reduce Global Tobacco Use

March 09, 2018 Tobacconomics tax policy experts today announced new partnership agreements with six international organizations to conduct economic research that will help inform and shape tobacco control policies in 14 countries in Asia, Latin America and South Eastern Europe. Through this partnership with Tobacconomics policy researchers from the Univ... Read More about Tobacconomics Announces New International Partnerships to Reduce Global Tobacco Use

UIC Selected As Core Partner of Bloomberg’s $360 Million Global Anti-Tobacco Initiative

March 08, 2017 The members of the UIC team at Bloomberg Philanthropies in New York, February 2017. A group of global tax policy experts led by Dr. Frank J. Chaloupka, director of the Health Policy Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s (UIC) Institute for Health Research and Policy, joins six other global health organizations as a co... Read More about UIC Selected As Core Partner of Bloomberg’s $360 Million Global Anti-Tobacco Initiative

Tobacco Control: Saving Lives and Driving Development

February 27, 2017 Tobacco use poses an unparalleled health and economic burden worldwide. A new study found that the diseases caused by smoking account for US$ 422 billion in health care expenditures annually, representing almost 6% of global spending on health. Smoking causes close to 6 million deaths per year – more than the deaths from HIV/A... Read More about Tobacco Control: Saving Lives and Driving Development

The Big Idea: Tobacco Taxation 101

February 23, 2017 Dr. Chaloupka was interviewed by Bloomberg Philanthropies' Jo Birckmayer on February 23, 2017, in New York City.  This was Bloomberg Philanthropies' first Facebook LIVE episode in a new series called The Big Idea.  They discussed the basics of tobacco taxation and why it is such an important policy tool to reduce the death and d... Read More about The Big Idea: Tobacco Taxation 101

5 Things You Should Know About Tobacco Taxes

February 22, 2017 Tobacco use is the leading cause of non-communicable diseases like cancer, heart disease, and stroke. Every year, about six million people worldwide die from tobacco use, with the vast majority of deaths in low- and middle-income countries. We also know that tobacco use costs the world’s economies over US $1.4 trillion annually in h... Read More about 5 Things You Should Know About Tobacco Taxes