Higher Tobacco Taxes in Pakistan Could Increase Revenue and Improve Public Health

This policy brief is based on a report published by the Pakistan Institute of Developmental Economics (PIDE), Economics of Tobacco Taxation and Consumption in Pakistan. The brief discusses the policy recommendations needed in order to change the current tax situation in Pakistan based on their research.

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January 2019

Location(s): Asia, Pakistan

Project: Think Tanks Project: Accelerating Progress on Tobacco Taxes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Content Type: Policy Brief

Topic(s): Cost-effectiveness, Economic impacts of tobacco control, Impact on demand, Tax and price, Tax avoidance and evasion, Tax levels and structure, Tobacco taxes revenues

Authors(s): Durre Nayab, Ph.D., Muhammad Nasir, Junaid Alam Memon, Mahmood Khalid, PhD, Anwar Hussain

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