Raising tobacco taxes is a win-win situation for Mexico. Increasing tobacco taxes will increase tobacco tax revenues while reducing smoking and its negative health and economic effects.

The consequences associated with the consumption of tobacco go beyond harming individual and collective health. The economics burden tobacco consumption imposes on society – high public healthcare costs, family impoverishment, and a weakened labor force at the country level – results in lower economic growth and reduced well-being.

Cuantificar el efecto de las enfermedades atribuibles al consumo de tabaco, en términos epidemiológicos(morbilidad) y económicos (costos de atención médica), en el Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) a escala nacional. Material y métodos. Los costos de la atención médica se estimaron desde la perspectiva del proveedor y se empleó la metodología Cuantificar el efecto...