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...

El objetivo del estudio es estimar los beneficios económicos y en salud, por sexo y por quintil de ingreso, del incremento de los precios de los cigarros mediante impuestos en México.

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...

Varios estudios han mostrado los efectos beneficiosos de la política fiscal del tabaco, pero los efectos distributivos han sido menos examinados, especialmente a nivel subnacional. El objetivo de este estudio es analizar los efectos distributivos de un aumento del impuesto al tabaco de un peso (más o menos equivalente a triplicar el impuesto especial actual)...