Estudios previos han identificado estrategias de fijación de precios que la industria tabacalera emplea para tratar de minimizar el impacto de los impuestos al tabaco, pero estos estudios se refieren principalmente a países de ingresos altos. Esta investigación examina las respuestas de los precios de la industria a un reciente aumento de los impuestos a...

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.