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November 11, 2019
Increasing Tobacco Taxes ≠ Increasing Illicit Trade: A Look at Brazil’s Working Group
In response to growing concerns about illicit trade, the Brazilian government formed a working group in March of this year to determine whether reducing tobacco taxes would solve the problem. Although formed in response to industry arguments that tobacco taxes were the cause of increasing illicit trade, within six months, … Read more »
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September 9, 2019
Continuing Our Commitment to Partner Capacity Building: Serbia and Indonesia
The Tobacconomics team’s exciting work continued through July and August in Serbia and Indonesia to continue to help build partner capacity in those regions. Earlier this year, in our March blog series, we shared our approach to capacity building, broken down into a series of steps. The first is determining our ‘why’, … Read more »
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July 24, 2019
Capacity Building in Action: Highlights from the Tobacconomics Asia Partners’ Meeting
In our March blog series on the Tobacconomics approach to capacity building, we explored how we collaborate with think tanks in low- and middle-income countries. In this blog, we will be sharing one of our recent capacity building experiences—a gathering of our think tank partners from South and Southeast Asia. As … Read more »
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July 9, 2019
Tobacco Economics Research Run Down at Vietnam Economics Annual Meeting
Some of the best moments of our work are those where we have the opportunity to meet with our partners face-to-face and see them present their research to a broader audience. A few weeks ago at the 11th Vietnam Economists Annual Meeting (VEAM)—hosted by our partner in Vietnam, DEPOCEN—we were … Read more »
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July 1, 2019
New Bill in the Philippines Passed to Increase Tobacco Taxes is a True ‘Win-Win’
In 2012, the Philippines enacted one of the most significant tobacco tax reforms in history. The Sin Tax Reform Act (STL) reformed the tobacco excise tax system by replacing its four-tier system of taxation with a uniform specific tax on all cigarette brands of 30 PHP per pack by 2017. … Read more »
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May 31, 2019
Tobacco Taxes for Lung Health!
In an effort to raise awareness about the negative consequences of smoking tobacco products, the World Health Organization (WHO), along with many other global partners, celebrates World No Tobacco Day every year on May 31st. This year, the theme is tobacco and lung health. In today’s blog, we’re expanding … Read more »