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The health, financial and distributional consequences of increases in the tobacco excise tax among smokers in Lebanon

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  • Salti, Nisreen
  • Brouwer, Elizabeth
  • Verguet, Stéphane

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Tobacco use is a significant risk factor for the leading causes of death worldwide, including cancer, heart disease and stroke. Most of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, where tobacco-related deaths are also rising rapidly. Taxation is one of the most effective tobacco control measures, yet evidence on the distributional impact of tobacco taxation in low- and middle-income countries remains scant. This paper considers the financial and health effects, by socio-economic class, of increasing tobacco taxes in Lebanon, a middle-income country.

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  • Salti, Nisreen & Brouwer, Elizabeth & Verguet, Stéphane, 2016. "The health, financial and distributional consequences of increases in the tobacco excise tax among smokers in Lebanon," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 170(C), pages 161-169.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:170:y:2016:i:c:p:161-169
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.10.020
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