Tobacco smoking implies costs to the individual, families and society, which urge to strengthen policies contained in the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control by the WHO.

The results confirmed the effectiveness of taxes as an instrument for tobacco control in Mexico. An increase in taxes can be used to increase cigarette prices and therefore to reduce consumption and increase government revenue.

Household smoking prevalence is lower than a decade before; however, expenditure on tobacco represents a high share of households total expenditures, particularly, among low-income smoker households. Consequently, tobacco is a burden for low-income smoker households where resources to buy essential goods and services are scarce.