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Disparity between cigarette and smokeless tobacco taxation among various WHO FCTC Parties
INTRODUCTION: Tobacco taxation is the most effective way to prevent and reduce tobacco use. However, all tobacco products are not taxed in the same manner or same rate across countries. Hence, this study aimed to identify the total tobacco tax disparity among countries that are Parties to the WHO FC...
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European Publishing on behalf of the European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP)
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7737561/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33336118 http://dx.doi.org/10.18332/tpc/128322 |
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author | Kengadaran, Shivashankar Anusha, Divvi |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Tobacco taxation is the most effective way to prevent and reduce tobacco use. However, all tobacco products are not taxed in the same manner or same rate across countries. Hence, this study aimed to identify the total tobacco tax disparity among countries that are Parties to the WHO FCTC agreement. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among the signees of the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) treaty. The trends of taxation on cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products were retrieved from WHO FCTC reports published in 2017 and 2018; median tax percentages were then compared based on the economic status of the countries and their corresponding WHO region. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 21.0. A p-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: Maximum disparity between cigarette and smokeless tobacco taxation was observed in the South-East Asia region, followed by the Eastern Mediterranean, Western Pacific, and African regions. The disparity was comparatively less in the region of the Americas and the European region (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: There was variation in tobacco taxation among various FCTC Parties according to the economic status and WHO region of each country. |
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spelling | pubmed-77375612020-12-16 Disparity between cigarette and smokeless tobacco taxation among various WHO FCTC Parties Kengadaran, Shivashankar Anusha, Divvi Tob Prev Cessat Research Paper INTRODUCTION: Tobacco taxation is the most effective way to prevent and reduce tobacco use. However, all tobacco products are not taxed in the same manner or same rate across countries. Hence, this study aimed to identify the total tobacco tax disparity among countries that are Parties to the WHO FCTC agreement. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among the signees of the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) treaty. The trends of taxation on cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products were retrieved from WHO FCTC reports published in 2017 and 2018; median tax percentages were then compared based on the economic status of the countries and their corresponding WHO region. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 21.0. A p-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: Maximum disparity between cigarette and smokeless tobacco taxation was observed in the South-East Asia region, followed by the Eastern Mediterranean, Western Pacific, and African regions. The disparity was comparatively less in the region of the Americas and the European region (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: There was variation in tobacco taxation among various FCTC Parties according to the economic status and WHO region of each country. European Publishing on behalf of the European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP) 2020-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7737561/ /pubmed/33336118 http://dx.doi.org/10.18332/tpc/128322 Text en © 2020 Kengadaran S. and Divvi A. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International License. |
spellingShingle | Research Paper Kengadaran, Shivashankar Anusha, Divvi Disparity between cigarette and smokeless tobacco taxation among various WHO FCTC Parties |
title | Disparity between cigarette and smokeless tobacco taxation among various WHO FCTC Parties |
title_full | Disparity between cigarette and smokeless tobacco taxation among various WHO FCTC Parties |
title_fullStr | Disparity between cigarette and smokeless tobacco taxation among various WHO FCTC Parties |
title_full_unstemmed | Disparity between cigarette and smokeless tobacco taxation among various WHO FCTC Parties |
title_short | Disparity between cigarette and smokeless tobacco taxation among various WHO FCTC Parties |
title_sort | disparity between cigarette and smokeless tobacco taxation among various who fctc parties |
topic | Research Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7737561/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33336118 http://dx.doi.org/10.18332/tpc/128322 |
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