Las políticas fiscales relacionadas con la prevención de enfermedades no transmisibles son esenciales para mejorar la salud y contribuyen a un financiamiento sostenible de los sistemas de salud. Con miras a la reunión de alto nivel sobre cobertura universal de salud que se celebrará en septiembre del 2023 en la Asamblea General de las Naciones...

The objective of this study is to investigate the tobacco-attributable burden on disease, medical costs, productivity losses and informal caregiving; and to estimate the health and economic gains that can be achieved if the main tobacco control measures (raising taxes on tobacco, plain packaging, advertising bans and smoke-free environments) are fully implemented in eight countries...

Worldwide, smoking tobacco causes 7 million deaths annually, and this toll is expected to increase, especially in low-income and middle-income countries. In Latin America, smoking is a leading risk factor for death and disability, contributes to poverty, and imposes an economic burden on health systems. Despite being one of the most effective measures to reduce...

This paper measures the effect of excise taxes on specific goods for Mexican households. A semi-parametric quantile approach is used with a functional relationship to explain the payments of excise taxes for five category goods (high-calorie food, alcohol, tobacco, gasoline and diesel and others), using household consumption microdata in per capita units and attributes of...