A 75% cut in tobacco tax won’t make cigarettes as cheap as you might think. Here’s what really helps smokers in a cost of living crisis.
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New modelling suggests increasing the price of tobacco would cause young people to use less cannabis – but those aged over 50 to use more.
Our study of six Asia-Pacific countries found that there would be a remarkable return on investment from higher tobacco taxes. The Philippines, Australia and New Zealand have already shown it works.
Reductions in the affordability of cigarettes will ensure significant reductions in tobacco use.
With the advent of novel tobacco products and the tobacco industry falsely marketing them as less harmful, the adage “prevention is better than cure” has never been more important.
It is time governments made corporations pay for the harm they cause.
Research shows that a higher excise tax rate on tobacco would result in a decrease in the number of people who smoke.
Lung Cancer Awareness Month starts today, but observance of it often slips under the radar, in part because there are so few survivors. Here’s how the biggest cancer killer could actually be halted.
E-cigarettes are hotly debated because of the uncertainty of whether they are a gateway to cigarette smoking for teens, or an aid to smoking cessation. One thing is clear: They are not biodegradable.
The journey to the ads that cigarettes companies started running Nov. 26, 2017 about the dangers of smoking and their bad behavior started 64 years ago .
South Africa has one last hurdle to cross before it implements a sugar tax to prevent a wide-range of obesity related non-communicable diseases.
Tobacco tax increases in Australia that will see a packet of cigarettes costing A$40 may discourage smoking, but will end up having unintended consequences for poorer smokers, new research shows.
California, the nation’s single largest market for cigarettes, has one of the lowest taxes on them. A proposal to raise the tax by US$2 a pack could signal a sea change.
To discourage smoking, insurance companies charge higher premiums for smokers. This is having an unexpected consequence: rather than quit smoking, poor people are quitting insurance.
What did the Coalition promise during the campaign in 11 key policy areas, from health to infrastructure to jobs?
Countries that have successfully decreased illicit trade have typically used a combination of political will and technology. South Africa should join the pack.
FactCheck unpacks claims that Labor has a $19.5 billion black hole in its economic plan.
The government has found a $19.5 billion hole in Labor’s plan to boost tobacco excise.
Big Tobacco relies on tactics of deceit, delay and frustration which it has developed and refined over half a century.
Surely, no bookmaker will take bets on what the principal recommendation of Leyonhjelm’s wasteful exercise will be: that tobacco tax should fall.
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Professor of Economics and Director of the Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products, University of Cape Town
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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Research Officer, Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products, University of Cape Town
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, POLIS@ANU Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
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PhD candidate, University of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh
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Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute
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Research associate, Environmental Health Initiative, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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Senior Research Fellow, Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University
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Distinguished Professor of Public Health, Lehman College, CUNY
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Professor of Health Policy, Curtin University
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Professor of Surgery, Division of Public Health Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis
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PhD, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Business Economics, University of Bath