The Quest for Effective Tobacco Control Strategies: Revisiting Price and Taxation Policy

The prevailing wisdom in scholarly and policy-making institutions dealing with public health is that skillful use of price and taxation policy will reduce the prevalence of tobacco consumption because of the inverse relationship between tobacco price and consumption. Empirical evidence of this axiomatic inverse relationship has been sparse. This paper analyzes the effects of increased taxation on consumption of tobacco products in 162 countries during 2005-2020. Results indicate that there is weak negative relationship between change in adult smoking prevalence and change in taxation suggesting that higher tax rates on tobacco products tend to lower adult smoking prevalence, but in a modest rather than robust sort of way. The small negative association indicates that perhaps it will take very large tax increases to meaningfully affect adult smoking

Global Alliance Against Tobacco Marketing: Do Increased Taxation of Tobacco Products Decrease Tobacco Consumption?

The prevailing wisdom in tobacco control literature is that adroit use of taxation policy will reduce the prevalence of tobacco use because when tobacco prices go up, consumption goes down. Empirical evidence of this axiomatic inverse relationship has been sparse. This paper analyzes the effects of increased taxation on consumption of tobacco products in 136 countries during 2009-2015. Results indicate that there is weak negative relationship between change in adult smoking prevalence and change in taxation suggesting that higher tax rates on tobacco products tend to lower adult smoking prevalence, but in a modest rather than robust sort of way

The developing landscape of electric vehicles and smart grids: a smart future?

This paper attempts to connect debates on decarbonisation at international and European scale with discussions on smart grid developments,in the interaction of the international automotive industry,and government policy. Thus,the paper reviews policy frameworks and business strategies