Objective To examine the quality of tobacco industry-funded data on the illicit tobacco trade
(ITT) through a systematic review of existing assessments of industry-funded data on ITT …

The tobacco industry's future depends on increasing tobacco use in low-income and middle-
income countries (LMICs), which face a growing burden of tobacco-related disease, yet …

Abstract Introduction: Article 6 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control commits
Parties to use tax and price policies to reduce tobacco use, whereas Article 15 commits …

Aims The purpose of this study was to update global estimates of the illicit cigarette trade,
based on recent data, and estimate how many lives could be saved by eliminating it and …

Background Increasing cigarette excise taxes is widely recognised as the most effective
measure to reduce the demand for cigarettes. The presence of illicit trade undermines the …

Objective To compare two different methods for estimating the size of the illicit cigarette
market with each other and to contrast the estimates obtained by these two methods with the …

Background In the UK, transnational tobacco companies (TTCs) have been arguing that
levels of illicit trade are high and increasing and will rise further if standardised packaging is …

Laws that prohibit, regulate, or tax cigarettes can generate illicit markets for tobacco
products. Illicit markets both reduce the efficacy of policies intended to improve public health …

Euromonitor International is a wellknown proprietary data source whose data regarding the
global tobacco control community are available for purchase. Euromonitor presents country …

Introduction Excise taxes are policy tools that have been applied internationally with some
success to reduce consumption of products adversely impacting population health including …