Aims Tobacco tax increases are the most effective means of reducing tobacco use and
inequalities in smoking, but effectiveness depends on transnational tobacco company (TTC) …

Conducting real-world public health experiments is often costly, time-consuming, and
ethically challenging, so mathematical models have a long-standing history of being used to …

Objectives The objectives of this study are to:(1) examine the pattern of price elasticity of
three major tobacco products (bidi, cigarette and leaf tobacco) by economic groups of …

Background The Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products (the Protocol)
entered into force in September 2018, and commits Parties to implement a package of …

Introduction Despite the high prevalence of waterpipe tobacco smoking in the Eastern
Mediterranean region, evidence supporting its fiscal measures is limited. We modelled the …

Abstract Introduction: Article 6 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control commits
Parties to use tax and price policies to reduce tobacco use, whereas Article 15 commits …

Objective Many smokers initiate smoking during adolescence. Making tobacco products less
affordable is one of the best ways to control tobacco use. Studies on the effect of relative …

Objective To evaluate the impact of the dynamic 2007–2010 tobacco tax policy in Ukraine
on cigarette prices, cigarette consumption, tobacco tax revenue and the tobacco industry's …

This study examines the effect of cigarette prices on the likelihood of experimental smoking
among adolescents in Sierra Leone. The study links data from the 2017 Global Youth …

South Africa has a'quadruple burden of disease'. One way to reduce this burden, and
address the social determinants of health and social inequity, could be through health …