WHO Tobacco Free Initiative Senior Economic Adviser Dr Ayda Yurekli's presentation on Economics of Tobacco Taxation

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Health Promotion Funding and Tobacco Tax Seminar
June 22, 2010, Manila, Philippines
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Source: Quimbo, Casorla, Miguel-Baquilod and Medalla 2010 (working paper)
- Adapted from DOH (2006).
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Source: Estimated by data from MoF Thailand and IMF World Economic Outlook 2010
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Source: Estimated by data from MoF Thailand and IMF World Economic
Outlook 2010
Source: Yurekli et al 2010
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By Country-Income Group, 2008
Source: GTCR 2008
By Region, 2008
Source: GTCR 2009
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Source: Various studies and Frank Chaloupka
Source: Various studies and Frank Chaloupka
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Source: Tax Burden on Tobacco, 2006, and Chaloupka et al calculations
Source: Yurekli et al., Upcoming 2010
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Tax share
Ad valorem: 26.3%
Specific: 47.5%
Mixed: 32.6%
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Source: Frank Chaloupka 2010
Source: Frank Chaloupka 2010
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Source: Tax Burden on Tobacco, 2007, U.S. National Health Interview
Survey, various years, and Chaloupka et al calculations
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