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Recent evidence on the illicit cigarette trade in Latin America
The tobacco industry continues to present the illicit trade of tobacco products as a reason to slow, stop, or reverse tobacco control efforts in Latin America, including increasing tobacco excise taxes. In most cases, industry estimates of illicit trade, usually non-transparent and flawed, dwarf tho...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9534335/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36211247 http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2022.111 |
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author | Drope, Jeffrey Rodriguez-Iglesias, Germán Stoklosa, Michal Szklo, André |
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description | The tobacco industry continues to present the illicit trade of tobacco products as a reason to slow, stop, or reverse tobacco control efforts in Latin America, including increasing tobacco excise taxes. In most cases, industry estimates of illicit trade, usually non-transparent and flawed, dwarf those of independent, rigorous research. Often, independent studies find that the levels of illicit trade are mostly non-consequential or easily manageable (<12%). Almost always, industry findings grossly overestimate the illicit market. Fortunately, a burgeoning empirical literature in the region—including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Uruguay—is illuminating the genuine levels and nature of this trade, typically employing gap analysis that compares tax-paid sales to consumption and/or pack inspection studies using packs shown by smokers in surveys or discarded in the streets or garbage. Additional research in countries including Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Paraguay examines supply chains to help identify the illicit sources. This research is already helping governments to address any real problems with illicit trade and to reassure stakeholders that tobacco control efforts should be strengthened, not diminished. |
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spelling | pubmed-95343352022-10-07 Recent evidence on the illicit cigarette trade in Latin America Drope, Jeffrey Rodriguez-Iglesias, Germán Stoklosa, Michal Szklo, André Rev Panam Salud Publica Special Report The tobacco industry continues to present the illicit trade of tobacco products as a reason to slow, stop, or reverse tobacco control efforts in Latin America, including increasing tobacco excise taxes. In most cases, industry estimates of illicit trade, usually non-transparent and flawed, dwarf those of independent, rigorous research. Often, independent studies find that the levels of illicit trade are mostly non-consequential or easily manageable (<12%). Almost always, industry findings grossly overestimate the illicit market. Fortunately, a burgeoning empirical literature in the region—including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Uruguay—is illuminating the genuine levels and nature of this trade, typically employing gap analysis that compares tax-paid sales to consumption and/or pack inspection studies using packs shown by smokers in surveys or discarded in the streets or garbage. Additional research in countries including Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Paraguay examines supply chains to help identify the illicit sources. This research is already helping governments to address any real problems with illicit trade and to reassure stakeholders that tobacco control efforts should be strengthened, not diminished. Organización Panamericana de la Salud 2022-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9534335/ /pubmed/36211247 http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2022.111 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. No modifications or commercial use of this article are permitted. In any reproduction of this article there should not be any suggestion that PAHO or this article endorse any specific organization or products. The use of the PAHO logo is not permitted. This notice should be preserved along with the article’s original URL. Open access logo and text by PLoS, under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. |
spellingShingle | Special Report Drope, Jeffrey Rodriguez-Iglesias, Germán Stoklosa, Michal Szklo, André Recent evidence on the illicit cigarette trade in Latin America |
title | Recent evidence on the illicit cigarette trade in Latin America |
title_full | Recent evidence on the illicit cigarette trade in Latin America |
title_fullStr | Recent evidence on the illicit cigarette trade in Latin America |
title_full_unstemmed | Recent evidence on the illicit cigarette trade in Latin America |
title_short | Recent evidence on the illicit cigarette trade in Latin America |
title_sort | recent evidence on the illicit cigarette trade in latin america |
topic | Special Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9534335/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36211247 http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2022.111 |
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