Factsheet : tobacco taxation in Tanzania; a report

Date

2011

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Tanzania Tobacco Control Forum, Dar es Salaam, TZ

Abstract

This one-pager brochure provides current statistics on tobacco taxation, prices and usage in Tanzania, the impact of an annual 10% real increase in excise taxes over 5 years, and recommendations regarding taxation drawn from the report. There was a decline in aggregate consumption of cigarettes of between 8.4% and 13.1% by 2016. Revenue increase due to excise tax collections, was shown to be between 39.9% and 47.5%.

Description

All data from the report: “Tobacco Taxation in Tanzania” published by the Tanzania Tobacco Control Forum and the American Cancer Society. The authors of the report are: Lutgard Kagaruki, Evan Blecher, Onesmo Mbelle and Martine Chaussard 

Keywords

TOBACCO CONTROL, EXCISE TAX, TAXATION, SMOKING, TANZANIA, SOUTH OF SAHARA

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