Introduction The overall prevalence of cigarette smoking has not changed significantly for
over a decade in Bangladesh. Raising the price of cigarettes through taxation is an …

Background The Healthy China 2030 strategy sets ambitious targets for China's policy-
makers, including a decrease in the smoking rate from 27.7% in 2015 to 20% by 2030 …

In 2015, the Chinese government raised tobacco excise tax for the first time since 2009.
Changing from previous practice, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration raised its …

Introduction: Evidence on the relationship between cigarette prices and adult smoking in low-
and middle-income countries (LMICs) is relatively limited. This study offers new descriptive …

This paper examines how Chinese smokers respond to tax‐driven cigarette price increases
by estimating a discrete choice model of demand for differentiated products, using annual …

Objective This study aims to evaluate Chinese male smokers' responses to China's 2015 6%
ad valorem and RMB0. 1 specific excise tax increase per cigarettes pack. Methods A male …

With a total population of more than 1.3 billion people where more than 31% of adults
smoke, China has become the world's largest producer and consumer of cigarettes. We …

In order to analyze the smoking patterns in economically disadvantaged communities in
South Africa, this paper examines the determinants of smoking intensity, using pooled data …

The objective of this paper is to analyze interdependencies between cigarette and alcohol
consumption in rural China, using panel data for 10 years (1994–2003) for rural areas of 26 …

Economic studies of taxation typically estimate external costs of tobacco use to be low and
refrain from recommending large tobacco taxes. Behavioral economics suggests that a …