Knowledgeable Magazine interviewed Dr. Frank Chaloupka for the article "Do Soda Taxes Work?" on October 18, 2019. The article examines taxing harmful products to discourage their consumption. It provides an interesting perspective on the research Dr. Chaloupka and Tobacconomics has done around increasing taxes on products, such as sugar-s... Read More
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Prepared by the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), in Dhaka, Bangladesh, this brief discusses the role of tobacco tax structures in reducing tob... Read More
Tobacconomics, a grant-funded research initiative of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), welcomes five new research partners to build the evidence base for effective tobacco tax policies in low- and middle-income countries. The new partners include: the Center for Indonesia’s Strategic Development Initiatives (CISDI) in Jak... Read More
This is an episode in the series, 'Upstream Public Health,' from the Thinking Upstream podcast. In this episode, Frank Chaloupka discusses the economics of tobacco taxes.
Listen to the entire podcast here. Read More
New research from Pakistan- and Southeastern Europe-based think tanks find that tobacco taxation increases can reduce tobacco consumption and at the same time increase government revenues in the regions.
In Pakistan, research results from the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) and the Social Policy and Development Centre... Read More
Join us for a webinar on the new Tobacconomics Toolkit:"Using Household Expenditure Surveys for Research in the Economics of Tobacco Control"Wednesday, March 20th @ 8:00 a.m. CST
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Speakers: Violeta Vulovic, PhD and Rijo John, PhD For more information, questions, or help with re... Read More
Season’s Greetings From the Tobacconomics Team!
As we look back on 2018 and take stock of our accomplishments, we are thankful for our partnerships with twenty-two think tanks in seventeen countries worldwide. In 2019, we look forward... Read More
This media release was published on June 5th, 2018, and discusses the findings from the report released by the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation and written by Frank Chaloupka and John Tauras about Indiana's spending on tobacco control efforts. Read More
Researchers from Pakistan and Bangladesh have become the newest members of Tobacconomics’ international partners that will conduct economic research to help inform and shape tobacco control policies in the two countries.
The new international partners are the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) in Bangladesh, the Pakista... Read More
Tobacconomics tax policy experts today announced new partnership agreements with six international organizations to conduct economic research that will help inform and shape tobacco control policies in 14 countries in Asia, Latin America and South Eastern Europe.
Through this partnership with Tobacconomics policy researchers from the Univ... Read More