Tobacco Taxes as the Unsung Hero: Impact of a Tax Increase on Advancing Sustainable Development in Colombia

Maldonado, Norman; Llorente, Blanca; Reynales-Shigematsu, Luz Myriam; Sáenz-de-Miera, Belén; Jha, Prabhat; Shannon, Geordan

doi:10.3389/ijph.2022.1604353

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“…Based on the conducted study, Maldonado, Llorente et al (2022) argue that tobacco tax increases reduce the number of smokers and intensity of smoking, which results in a decline in the number of cigarettes smoked. This decline is expected to decrease premature mortality, costs of health care, and poverty, improve health, increase income, and strengthen gender equality and mobilization of domestic resources for people who have to face catastrophic health care costs as well as in the case of illegal tobacco products (Soltes, Gavurova, 2015;Gavurova, Megyesiova, 2022).…”

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Moral dilemma in deciding on the amount of excise tax on tobacco products in the Czech Republic

Simotová,

Votava

2023

JESI

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The goal of the paper is to identify the relationship between the amount of excise tax (ET) on tobacco products in the Czech Republic and the collection of excise tax on tobacco products into the state budget of the Czech Republic between 2013 and 2021. The development of the tax rate and the method of determining the amount of excise tax on tobacco products in the CR is illustrated using the comparison method. The relationship between the revenue for the state budget from tobacco products and the amount of excise tax on tobacco products in the CR is expressed using a regression model. Development trends of illegal tobacco products in the territory of the CR are represented using time series regression. The net revenues from the excise tax on tobacco products are calculated using the difference-indifference method. The amount of costs incurred by the state associated with smoking is defined based on an in-depth analysis of literary resources on the Web of Science portal, where a calculation based on a percentage share of the GDP is used. The results indicate that the excise tax rates in individual years show a growing trend except for one year where there was no change in the excise tax rate. On the other hand, the results show that an increased excise tax does not automatically result in higher revenue for the state budget. Other factors influence the collection of the excise tax on tobacco products, such as illicit trade in tobacco products. It is possible to use other research methods and data sources to determine the development of illegal trade in tobacco products to calculate the amount of smoking-related costs to the state.

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Moral dilemma in deciding on the amount of excise tax on tobacco products in the Czech Republic

Simotová,

Votava

2023

JESI

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“…Por último, de los MX$12 270 millones de recaudación adicional que correspondería a los hombres fumadores, los del quintil más bajo solo pagarían 3% (figura 2B). estructural, y agrega argumentos sólidos a la evidencia que considera el contexto social del comportamiento de la epidemia de tabaquismo relacionado con el género y su intersección con la pobreza y las condiciones de vida de las mujeres (32,33). La evidencia centrada en las políticas públicas subraya la necesidad de promover cambios en las estructuras sociales y económicas más amplias y corregir las desigualdades relacionadas con el género a través de la aplicación de políticas de control del tabaco con perspectiva de género (34).…”

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Beneficios del impuesto a los cigarros en México: análisis por sexo y quintil de ingreso

Reynales-Shigematsu

Sáenz-de-Miera²,

Llorente³

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Revista Panamericana De Salud Pública

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Objetivo. 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. Métodos. Con un modelo de costo-efectividad extendido (ECEA, por su sigla en inglés) se estimaron los beneficios distributivos en mujeres y hombres con un escenario de incremento del precio de los cigarros de 44% (de 56,4 pesos mexicanos [MX$] a MX$81,2 por cajetilla), como resultado de triplicar el impuesto específico actual (de MX$0,49/cigarro a MX$1,49/cigarro). El modelo se calibró con fuentes oficiales de información nacional Resultados. Con el incremento del impuesto de un peso por cigarro, cerca de 1,5 millones de fumadores abandonarían el consumo (351 300 mujeres y 1,1 millón de hombres). Así, se evitarían aproximadamente 630 000 muertes prematuras atribuibles al tabaco. La reducción de la carga de enfermedad permitiría ahorros para el sector salud cercanos a MX$42 800 millones y evitaría que más de 250 000 personas (entre ellas, 50 200 mujeres fumadoras) cayeran en situación de pobreza. Además, se recaudarían MX$16 200 millones adicionales por año, de los cuales el quintil más bajo aportaría menos de 3% (1% en el caso de las mujeres de menores ingresos). Conclusiones. La epidemia de tabaquismo tiene patrones claramente diferenciados entre mujeres y hombres y reflejan un componente de género. Si bien los beneficios del impuesto al tabaco en México tendrían magnitudes relativas al estado actual de la epidemia en cada caso, estos podrían contribuir a un objetivo más amplio de justicia social mediante la reducción de las inequidades de género.

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“…Similarly, out-of-pocket expenses due to diseases caused by smoking increase urban and rural poverty in India by 0.07% and 0.09%, respectively. 13 This translates into an increase of 15 million people in India living under the poverty threshold. 9 In Bangladesh, it is estimated that 10.5 million people who suffer from malnutrition could eat an adequate diet if no money were spent on tobacco, saving the lives of 350 children a day.…”

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Crowding out and impoverishing effect of tobacco in Mexico

Sánchez

Gómez

2023

Tob Control

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IntroductionTobacco is one of the world’s largest preventable causes of premature death, accounting for more than 8 million deaths and costing the global economy US$1.4 trillion each year. Smoking is a global problem with 1.3 billion people using tobacco worldwide, who will face harmful effects on health and on people’s current and future financial situations and quality of life.This article aims to be the first study to generate evidence on the effects of smoking on household expenditure and the number of people living under the poverty threshold by studying the crowding out and impoverishing effect in Mexico.MethodsThrough econometric methods and maximising a household utility function we estimate the crowding out and impoverishing effect of tobacco consumption in México based on household's income and spending survey from 2020.ResultsSpending on tobacco crowds out household spending on other goods and services. In Mexico, spending on tobacco results in decreased spending on essential goods and services, like education and healthcare, and increased spending on harmful goods such as alcoholic beverages. These effects are common across all income levels but are more pronounced in low-income households. When spending on tobacco increases, for example, following regular price increases made by the tobacco industry, the crowding out effect is exacerbated.In addition, smoking has an impoverishing effect on the population. This is because some families find that their remaining income level falls below the poverty line after deducting money spent on tobacco (a concept known as secondary poverty). In Mexico, 909 132 people are left with a disposable income level below the extreme poverty line because of expenditure on tobacco and smoking-related diseases.ConclusionsSmoking affects individual health and the finances of households in Mexico, particularly those of low-income people. By increasing tobacco taxes, those who quit smoking increase their quality of life and well-being. However, those who continue to smoke and increase their tobacco spending are affected by a shift in their spending on other goods and services.The increase in tobacco taxes must be accompanied by public policies that help reduce tobacco consumption and compensate the crowding out on goods and services relevant to the development of households.

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Tobacco Taxes as the Unsung Hero: Impact of a Tax Increase on Advancing Sustainable Development in Colombia

Cited by 5 publications

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Moral dilemma in deciding on the amount of excise tax on tobacco products in the Czech Republic

Moral dilemma in deciding on the amount of excise tax on tobacco products in the Czech Republic

Beneficios del impuesto a los cigarros en México: análisis por sexo y quintil de ingreso

Crowding out and impoverishing effect of tobacco in Mexico

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