Tobacco Tax Structure is Key to Reducing Tobacco Use and Raising Government Revenue
This policy brief was prepared by the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development, BRAC University (BIGD), in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The brief discusses research by the think tank about the role of tobacco tax structures in reducing tobacco use and raising government revenue.
A corresponding policy brief can be found here.
A related report can be found here.
Tobacconomics published a blog about this brief on 5/7/19.
May 2019
Location(s): Asia, Bangladesh
Project: Think Tanks Project: Accelerating Progress on Tobacco Taxes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Content Type: Policy Brief
Topic(s): Economic impacts of tobacco control, Impact on demand, Tax and price, Tax levels and structure, Tobacco taxes revenues, Tobacco use
Authors(s): Nasiruddin Ahmed, Jahangir Hossain, Rumana Huque, Ph.D., Md. Tariq Hassan, Tanvir Ahmed Mozumder
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