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The health, financial and distributional consequences of increases in the tobacco excise tax among smokers in Lebanon
Publication date: December 2016 Source:Social Science & Medicine, Volume 170 Author(s): Nisreen Salti, Elizabeth Brouwer, Stéphane Verguet Tobacco use is a significant risk factor for the leading causes of death worldwide, including cancer, heart disease and stroke. Most of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, where tobacco-related deaths are also rising rapidly. Taxation is one of the most effective tobacco control measures, yet evidence on the distributional impact of tobacco taxation in low- and middle-income countries remains scant. This paper considers the financial and health effects, by ...
Source: Social Science and Medicine - October 24, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
