Raising tobacco taxes is considered the most effective strategy to avoid smoking initiation and discourage its use, especially among vulnerable groups. However, few low- and middle-income countries have adopted high tobacco taxes. Raising taxes is, therefore, an opportunity to strengthen and accelerate tobacco control. The objective of this study is to analyze the barriers and...

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.

Evidencia de los beneficios económicos y de salud a través del incremento de los impuestos especiales a productos de tabaco en México, evitando muertes prematuras, enfermedades y gastos por costos de cuidado, así como generar ahorros para el sistema de salud del país, lo que beneficiaría principalmente a la población de menores ingresos.e menores ingresos.