This Report was written by the Centro de Investigación Económica y Presupuestaria A.C. (CIEP) in Mexico. Read the report here. The Report shares the results of CIEP’s extended cost-benefit analysis of increasing tobacco taxes and the distributional effects raising tobacco taxes can have. CIEP found that larger tax increases on
All countries around the world, including the United States, have committed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which aim to strengthen universal peace and eradicate poverty. The harms that tobacco products cause to society are well known. Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death,
Americans’ Health Ranks 43rd Globally, Despite Spending Most on Healthcare Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) unveils report results, demonstrating that large disparities in tobacco use hamper health efforts Media Contact: Megan Arendt Office: (202) 659 – 4310 WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 30, 2017 – Action on Smoking and Health
