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Research shows that a higher excise tax rate on tobacco would result in a decrease in the number of people who smoke.
Personal income taxpayers are shouldering more of the burden, while less revenue is coming from taxes on companies, capital and consumption. Only major reforms will change these sustained trends.
Tobacco taxes have been shown to curtail cigarette smoking. Why aren’t more countries, including the US, implementing them effectively?
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Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
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Professor in Residence of Global Health, Marquette University
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Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University
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Professor of Public Health/Director, Tobacco Control Research Group, University of Bath
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Senior researcher and Health Economist, Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Wits Health Consortium, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Business Economics, University of Bath