Illicit trade in tobacco products: recent trends and coming challenges

G Paraje, M Stoklosa, E Blecher - Tobacco Control, 2022 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Background Illicit trade in tobacco products is a menace to the goal of eliminating tobacco
consumption. Although tax policy is very effective in reducing consumption, illicit trade can …

Illicit/cheap cigarettes in South Africa

K van der Zee, C van Walbeek, S Magadla - Trends in organized crime, 2020 - Springer
Using wave 5 of the National Income Dynamics Study (conducted in 2017), this paper
investigates the market for very low-priced cigarettes in South Africa, which, in all probability …

The temporary ban on tobacco sales in South Africa: lessons for endgame strategies

S Filby, K van der Zee, C van Walbeek - Tobacco Control, 2022 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Background The endgame literature recommends that, for a tobacco sales ban to be
successful, several demand-side preconditions (eg, low prevalence and effective cessation …

The health, economic and social burden of smoking in Argentina, and the impact of increasing tobacco taxes in a context of illicit trade

A Palacios, A Alcaraz, A Casarini… - Health …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tobacco tax increases, the most cost‐effective measure in reducing consumption, remain
underutilized in low and middle‐income countries. This study estimates the health and …

An overlooked market: loose cigarettes, informal vendors and their implications for tobacco taxation

M Gallien, G Occhiali, H Ross - Tobacco control, 2024 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Objective To examine the features of markets for loose cigarettes in several low-income and
middle-income countries and their effects on tobacco control policies, particularly taxation …

Estimating the changing disease burden attributable to smoking in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012

P Groenewald, R Pacella, F Sitas, OF Awotiwon… - South African Medical …, 2022 - ajol.info
Background. Ongoing quantification of the disease burden attributable to smoking is
important to monitor and strengthen tobacco control policies. Objectives. To estimate the …

How has the tobacco industry passed tax changes through to consumers in 12 sub-Saharan African countries?

ZD Sheikh, JR Branston, K van der Zee… - Tobacco …, 2025 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Introduction Tobacco taxation is only effective in reducing consumption when it is translated
into higher prices. This study aims to investigate to what extent the tobacco industry (TI) …

Tax revenue lost due to illicit cigarettes in South Africa: 2002− 2022

N Vellios, C van Walbeek - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To estimate lost excise and value-added tax (VAT) revenue as a result of illicit
cigarette trade from 2002 to 2022. Design Using gap analysis, we estimated the number of …

The illicit cigarette market in six South African townships

K van Der Zee, N Vellios, C van Walbeek… - Tobacco …, 2020 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Background We estimate the size of the illicit cigarette market in low socioeconomic areas in
South Africa before and after a tax increase. In 2018, the real excise tax increased by 3 …

Fuel pellets with antioxidant of illicit cigarette's tobacco auto-generate less CO2, produce adequate flame and are toxicologically reliable

BR de Almeida Moreira, VH Cruz, EW de Lima… - Biomass and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Our holistic study, firstly, developed pellets with extract of illicit cigarette's tobacco for
controlling off-gassing of CO 2 then quantitatively analyzed the implications of this addition …