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Tobacco Taxation

Tobacco use causes more than 8 million deaths globally each year, with around 80% of the world’s smokers living in low- and middle-income countries. The costs of tobacco are high in terms of the negative impacts on public health and the economy. Increasing taxes on tobacco is the most effective way to reduce tobacco consumption and improve health outcomes, while also raising government revenues. However, as a policy tool, tobacco tax is widely underutilised. This is partly due to lobbying by the industry, which often makes exaggerated and false claims about the potential impacts of increasing taxes. Therefore, rigorous independent research and evidence is needed to inform policymakers in developing countries.

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Publications

Journal Article

No smoking gun: tobacco taxation and smuggling in Sierra Leone

June 2022
Giovanni Occhiali & Max Gallien
African Tax Administration Paper

More on the Positive Fiscal and Health Effects of Increasing Tobacco Taxes in Nigeria

June 2021
Corné van Walbeek, Adedeji Adeniran & Iraoya Augustine
Research in Brief

Fiscal and Public Health Impact of a Change in Tobacco Excise Taxes in Ghana

November 2020
Ama Pokuaa Fenny, Aba Obrumah Crentsil, Christian Kwaku Osei & Felix Ankomah Asante
African Tax Administration Paper

Fiscal and Public Health Impact of a Change in Tobacco Excise Taxes in Ghana

November 2020
Ama Pokuaa Fenny, Aba Obrumah Crentsil, Christian Kwaku Osei & Felix Ankomah Asante
Policy Brief

De-Linking Tobacco Taxation and Illicit Trade in Africa

May 2020
Max Gallien
Working Paper

The Economics of Tobacco Control in Nigeria: Modelling the Fiscal and Health Effects of a Tobacco Excise Tax Change

July 2019
Precious C. Akanonu, Joseph Ishaku & Chukwuka Onyekwena
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Research Projects

Completed Project

Tobacco tax reform in West Africa

Prof Corné van Walbeek, REEP, Dr Hana Ross, REEP, Prof Abdoulaye Diagne, CRES, Dr Pape Yona Mané, CRES & Kisten van der Zee, REEP
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The fiscal and public health impact of a change in tobacco excise taxes in Ghana

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Estimating the Impact of Tax or Price Measures on Tobacco Smoking Onset and Cessation

Precious Akanonu
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