The recent and projected public health and economic benefits of cigarette taxation in Greece
| Autor: | Athanassios Vozikis, Frank J. Chaloupka, Ioannis Kyriopoulos, Monique Bertic, Hillel R. Alpert, Constantine I. Vardavas, Panagiotis Behrakis, K. Athanasakis, Gregory N. Connolly |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Health (social science)
Greece Public economics Smoking Commerce Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Smoking Prevention Tobacco Industry Tobacco Products Taxes Tax reform International taxation Tax revenue Value-added tax Ad valorem tax Economics State income tax Per capita Humans Smoking Cessation Demographic economics Public Health Excise health care economics and organizations |
| Zdroj: | Tobacco Control. 23:452-454 |
| ISSN: | 1468-3318 0964-4563 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050857 |
| Popis: | Objectives Greece is in an economic crisis compounded by the costs caused by smoking. The present investigation estimates the economic and public health benefits ensuing from the recent cigarette excise tax increase in 2011 and projects the potential benefits from an additional €2.00 per pack cigarette tax increase. Methods The effects of the recent cigarette excise tax increase were calculated on outcome measures: total price per pack, including specific excise, ad valorem tax, and value-added tax consumption; tax revenue; and per capita consumption of cigarettes. Additionally, smoking-attributable mortality, years of potential life lost, and productivity losses were estimated. Projected effects of an additional €2.00 per pack tax increase on consumption and tax revenue were also assessed. Results The cigarette excise tax increase in 2011 created €558 million in new tax revenue. Cigarette consumption reached a recent low of 24.9 billion sticks sold or 2197 sticks per person in 2011, indicating a 16% decrease in per capita cigarette consumption from the previous year. An additional €2.00 per pack increase in Greek cigarette taxes is projected to result in reduced cigarette sales by an additional 20% and lead to an increase in total cigarette tax revenues by nearly €1.2 billion and the prevention of 192 000 premature deaths. Conclusions Nations such as Greece, should employ taxation as a crucial measure to promote public health and economic development in such dire times. International economic organisations should aggressively pursue programmes and policies that champion the economic benefits of tobacco taxation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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