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January 9, 2020
Starting the New Year out Right: Tobacco Tax Increase in Indonesia is Set to Raise Tobacco Prices by an Average of 35%
Indonesia has been the focus of attention for tobacco control advocates for some time. The high and growing rates of smoking combined with a large population have also made it a commercial priority for the tobacco industry over the last few decades. Historically, Indonesia has a weak record on tobacco taxes, … Read more »
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December 10, 2019
A Good First Step: Mexico Updates its Tobacco Tax for Inflation
Mexico has just approved an update for inflation to the Special Tax on Production and Services (IEPS) for tobacco as part of its “Economic Package for the Fiscal Year 2020”—the first update of the tax since 2011. For 2020, this translates to an increase of the IEPS from 0.35 to … Read more »
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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 »