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Webinar Invitation: Bangladesh

Webinar Invitation
Spotlight on Bangladesh

Tobacconomics is hosting a webinar to discuss the findings of the newly released Cigarette Tax Scorecard

Join us on 
Wednesday, March 24th at 7pm Bangladesh Standard Time/ 8am CDT to learn about cigarette tax policies in Bangladesh.
Don't miss out- register for the event here
Cigarette Tax Scorecard

The first edition of the Tobacconomics Cigarette Tax Scorecard, released in December of 2020, grades countries' cigarette tax policies on a five-point scale, using the four key components of absolute price, changes in affordability, tax share of price and tax structure.

Bangladesh is performing slightly above the global average, 2.38 and 2.07 points out of 5, respectively. Still, this is less than half of the possible points so there is significant opportunities for improvement. The component scores from in the Scorecard show that the prices of cigarettes are very low in Bangladesh and the tax structure is relatively ineffective. Improved cigarette taxation will save many lives from tobacco-induced diseases, save substantial healthcare costs, and increase productivity. Increased tobacco taxes will also raise additional revenues, which can be allocated to health and development, perhaps especially during and after the difficult COVID-19 crisis.  

Dr. Frank Chaloupka, the lead author of the Scorecard, will present the findings from Bangladesh. Dr. Nigar Nargis from the American Cancer Society will discuss policy recommendations. Barrister Shameem Haider Patwary, from the Bangladesh Parliament, and Dr. Syed Mahfuzul Huq, from the World Health Organization will participate in a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Rumana Huque from the University of Dhaka.

View the Bangladesh policy brief here

About Tobacconomics

Based in the Health Policy Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), the Tobacconomics team conducts economic research to shape global tobacco control policies, and we also partner with economic policy think tanks in low- and middle-income countries to build the local evidence base for more effective tobacco tax systems. UIC is a partner of the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use.

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