Introduction Tobacco is one of the world's largest preventable causes of premature death,
accounting for more than 8 million deaths and costing the global economy US $1.4 trillion …

Introduction Poor people have remarkably lower health expenditures than rich people in
Vietnam. According to the 2016 Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey (VHLSS), per …

Background Tobacco consumption is pervasive in Indonesia, with 6 out of 10 households in
the country consuming tobacco. Smoking households, on average, divert a significant share …

In recent decades, policy initiatives involving increases in the tobacco tax have increased
pressure on budget allocations in poor households. In this study, we examine this issue in …

Abstract Introduction Smoking households in Indonesia diverted a significant share of their
budget to tobacco. Tobacco expenditure is deemed unproductive, as it crowds out resources …

In this paper, we used data from the 2004 Survey of Family Income & Expenditure of Taiwan
to show that the problem of the crowding-out effects of tobacco and alcohol in a country with …

Background The main goal of this study is to estimate the crowding out impact of tobacco
expenditures on the household budget allocation to other mutually exclusive commodity …

Raising tobacco taxes can have an income distributional impact on the population. Since
lower socio-economic groups usually smoke more, they also contribute more to total …

This study delves into the critical issue of household budgets in Cameroon, specifically
focusing on the impact of tobacco expenditure. Tobacco use often represents a significant …

Aim Mexico implemented annual tax increases between 2009 and 2011. We examined
among current smokers the association of price paid per cigarette and daily cigarette …