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- Title
Impact of simulated cigarette excise tax increase on its consumption in Iran.
- Authors
Raei, Behzad; Emamgholipour, Sara; Takian, Amirhossein; Yaseri, Mehdi; Abdoli, Ghahreman
- Abstract
<bold>Objectives: </bold>To assess the impact of a simulated tax-induced cigarette price increase on its consumption by different expenditure clusters in Iran.<bold>Methods: </bold>Employing consecutive cross sections for cigarette consumption, a two-part model was applied for different expenditure groups.<bold>Results: </bold>A 75% price increase in cigarettes noticeably- as is common in some countries with strong tobacco control policies-reduces current consumption in all five social classes, causing nearly 8% of current male smokers to quit or not to start.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Findings of the current study suggest that Iranian policy makers go through to implement tobacco taxation policies to control smoking prevalence, which in turn might lead to a reduction in national healthcare expenditures as well as enhance the global community's capacity to meet Sustainable Development Goals.
- Publication
Epidemiology & Health, 2020, Vol 42, pe2020054
- ISSN
2092-7193
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.4178/epih.e2020054