Higher Tobacco Taxes in Pakistan Could Increase Revenue and Improve Public Health
This policy brief is based on a report published by the Pakistan Institute of Developmental Economics (PIDE), Economics of Tobacco Taxation and Consumption in Pakistan. The brief discusses the policy recommendations needed in order to change the current tax situation in Pakistan based on their research.
January 2019
Project: Think Tanks Project: Accelerating Progress on Tobacco Taxes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Content Type: Policy Brief
Topic(s): Cost-effectiveness, Economic impacts of tobacco control, Impact on demand, Tax and price, Tax avoidance and evasion, Tax levels and structure, Tobacco taxes revenues
Authors(s): Durre Nayab, Ph.D., Muhammad Nasir, Junaid Alam Memon, Mahmood Khalid, PhD, Anwar Hussain
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