Author: World Health Organization
Publisher: World Health Organization
ISBN: 9241563990
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Tobacco use is the single largest cause of preventable death globally, killing more than five million people each year. Tobacco use also creates considerable economic costs, from greater spending on health care to treat the diseases it brings on in users and those exposed to tobacco smoke to the lost productivity resulting from the premature deaths it causes. Of all the many interventions for reducing tobacco use, a significant increase in tobacco product taxes and prices has been demonstrated to be the single most effective and cost-effective intervention, particularly among the poor and the young. At the same time, because of the inelasticity of demand for tobacco products in most countries and the low share of tax in price in many, significant increases in tobacco taxes generate significant increases in the revenues generated by these taxes. This technical manual aims to help governments achieve both objectives by identifying a set of "best practices" for tobacco taxation. It documents governments' existing approaches to tobacco taxation, discusses barriers to using tobacco taxes to achieve health and revenue objectives, and provides case studies of effective tobacco tax administration. This manual is intended to be useful to tax administrators at the Ministry of Finance level by making them aware of the practices used and challenges faced by other countries. It will also be useful to officials in a country's Ministry of Health or similar organizations by providing them with a more thorough understanding of key issues in tax structure and administration.
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Category : Citation of legal authorities
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 748
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Category : Newsletters
Languages : en
Pages : 1400
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Author: Vera da Costa e Silva
Publisher: World Health Organization
ISBN: 9241546581
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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The idea for this handbook arose from an awareness that whilst various WHO documents called for developing national capacity for tobacco control, there was not comprehensive guide to the development of such a capacity. This book is thus, essentially, a pragmatic "how to" manual. The Introduction presents the evolving definition of "national capacity", identifies the types of capacities needed for effective tobacco control and outlines the key features of building capacity. Section 1 provides a descriptive overview of the tobacco epidemic. It looks at tobacco as a risk factor, presenting its health, social and economic costs; the global strategies of the tobacco industry to counteract public health measures; the scientific evidence for effective tobacco control interventions; and the WHO FCTC as a global solution to an epidemic with prominent politico-legal and socio-cultural attributes. Section 2 focuses on the fundamental capacities necessary to empower countries to control the tobacco epidemic successfully. These chapters apply the lessons learned from the experiences of different countries and offer advice and suggestions to enable countries to put the theories of tobacco control into practice.
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
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Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 2216
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1832
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Author: James Woy
Publisher: Gale Cengage
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1232
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Author: Carolyn Farquhar Ulrich
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1924
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Contains essential bibliographic and access information on serials published throughout the world.
