Browsing by Project "108442"

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Association of tobacco control policies with youth smoking onset in Chile
(JAMA Pediatrics, 2019-02-10) Guindon, G. Emmanuel; Paraje, Guillermo R.; Chaloupka, Frank J.
South American countries, and Chile in particular, endure some of the highest cigarette smoking prevalence rates globally. Despite the lack of any meaningful increases in cigarette taxes (the most effective tobacco control measure), between 1999 and 2014 cigarette prices in Chile increased sharply almost entirely driven by British American Tobacco (BAT). Findings suggest that higher prices initiated by BAT and the tobacco control policies enacted by the Ministry of Health (2006) were associated with lower hazards of starting smoking in Chilean youth. A large cigarette tax increase can be used strategically to reduce smoking among youth in Chile.
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Effect of excise tax increases on cigarette prices in South Africa
(2017-03-24) Linegar, Daniel J; van Walbeek, Corne
The effectiveness of excise tax as a tool for reducing tobacco consumption depends largely on how the tax increases impact retail prices. The study estimates this price relationship in South Africa (2001–2015). The magnitude of the price increase depends on the degree to which the tax increase is passed through to consumers. The degree of passthrough thus determines effectiveness. This paper considers the dynamics of cigarette excise tax passthrough in South Africa. People change their purchasing behavior in response to retail price changes, not in response to excise tax changes.
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Relationship between smoking and health and education spending in Chile
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd / Tab Control, 2017-09) Paraje, Guillermo; Araya, Daniel
Objective: To estimate the degree to which tobacco consumption is associated with spending on a set of goods and services in Chile, especially health and education, for the total population as well as for specific subgroups.