Impact of simulated cigarette excise tax increase on its consumption in Iran
Raei Behzad, Emamgholipour Sara, Takian Amirhossein, Yaseri Mehdi, Abdoli Ghahreman,
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( Raei Behzad ) - Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Public Health Department of Health Management and Economics
( Emamgholipour Sara ) - Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Public Health Department of Health Management and Economics
( Takian Amirhossein ) - Tehran University of Medical Sciences Health Equity Research Centre
( Yaseri Mehdi ) - Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
( Abdoli Ghahreman ) - University of Tehran Faculty of Economics
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To assess the impact of a simulated tax-induced cigarette price increase on its consumption by different expenditure clusters in Iran.
METHODS: Employing consecutive cross sections for cigarette consumption, a two-part model was applied for different expenditure groups.
RESULTS: A 75% price increase in cigarettes noticeably? as is common in some countries with strong tobacco control policies?reduces current consumption in all five social classes, causing nearly 8% of current male smokers to quit or not to start.
CONCLUSIONS: Findings of the current study suggest that Iranian policy makers go through to implement tobacco taxation policies to control smoking prevalence, which in turn might lead to a reduction in national healthcare expenditures as well as enhance the global community’s capacity to meet Sustainable Development Goals.
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Smoking; Cigarette; Taxes; Elasticity; Iran
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