Case Studies in Illicit Tobacco Trade: South Africa
This Case Study was written by Corné van Walbeek, PhD, Professor of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. The Case Study examines the illicit trade of tobacco products in South Africa through the years 2002 to 2017 and concludes that recent issues in tobacco control in South Africa cannot be attributed to increases in tobacco taxation. The Case Study instead traces the recent rise of illicit trade to tobacco industry actions that thwarted effective tobacco control policies as well as ineffective administration and enforcement by the authorities.
May 2020
Location(s): Africa, South Africa
Project: Think Tanks Project: Accelerating Progress on Tobacco Taxes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Content Type: Case study
Topic(s): Economic impacts of tobacco control, Product regulation, Supply-side issues and interventions, Tax and price, Tax avoidance and evasion, Tax levels and structure, Tobacco taxes revenues
Authors(s): Corné van Walbeek
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