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Curbing the Epidemic Governments and the Economics of Tobacco Control

The Economics of Tobacco Control the World Bank’s role in the global partnership Joy de Beyer Tobacco Control Coordinator, World Bank.

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Curbing the Epidemic Governments and the Economics of Tobacco Control

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  1. The Economics of Tobacco Controlthe World Bank’s role in the global partnershipJoy de BeyerTobacco Control Coordinator, World Bank

  2. The United Nations Ad Hoc Interagency Task Force on Tobacco ControlUN Agencies:FAO, ICLA, ILO, IMF, UNAIDS, UNDCP, UNDP, UNDG, UNEP, UNICEF, UNESCO, UNFPA, UN Secretariat, World Bank, WHO, WIPOSome other key partners: CDC– the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Smoking and HealthIDRC - International Development Research Centre (of Canada)USDA - United States Department of AgricultureThe UN Foundation

  3. Curbing the EpidemicGovernments and the Economics of Tobacco Control The World Bank

  4. The bottom line: Modest action by governments could save millions of lives and prevent much disease, including -perhaps especially- among poor people, without long-term harm to most economies.

  5. Change will be slow.Factors that increase or maintain tobacco userising incomes population growth nicotine addiction consumer choice advertising and promotionThe global tobacco market will not just “wither away”.

  6. Cigarette price and consumption go in opposite trendsReal price of cigarettes and annual per adult cigarette consumption in South Africa 1970-1989

  7. Cigarette tax levels are lower in low or middle-income countries Source: Authors’ calculations

  8. Smuggling is a big problem. High taxes and price differentials provide an incentive to smuggle,but other factors are important, e.g corruptionCoordinated multilateral tax increases are bestAction against smuggling is a priority

  9. Tobacco smuggling tends to rise in line with the degree of corruptionSmuggling as a function of transparency index Source: Merriman and others, background paper

  10. Governments, multilateral agencies, NGOs and citizens could together save millions of lives and improve health, by reducing use of tobacco products.

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