Illicit cigarette packs found in urban retail locations
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Illicit cigarette trade in Thailand.
The sale and consumption of illicit tobacco increases consumption, impacts public health, reduces tax revenue and provides an argument against tax increases. Thailand has some of the best tobacco control policies in Southeast Asia with one of the highest tobacco tax rates, but illicit trade has the potential to undermine these policies and needs investigating. Two approaches were used to assess...
متن کاملCharacteristics of illegal and legal cigarette packs sold in Guatemala
BACKGROUND Guatemala, as a party to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), is required to regulate cigarette packaging and labeling and eliminate illicit tobacco trade. Current packaging and labeling characteristics (of legal and illegal cigarettes) and their compliance with the FCTC is unknown. METHODS We sought to analyze package and label characteristics of illegal and legal c...
متن کاملAn analysis of purchase price of legal and illicit cigarettes in urban retail environments in 14 low‐ and middle‐income countries
BACKGROUND/AIMS To estimate and compare price differences between legal and illicit cigarettes in 14 low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). DESIGN A cross-sectional census of all packs available on the market was purchased. SETTING Cigarette packs were purchased in formal retail settings in three major cities in each of 14 LMIC: Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Mexico, ...
متن کاملFrom cigarette smuggling to illicit tobacco trade.
BACKGROUND Tax policy is considered the most effective strategy to reduce tobacco consumption and prevalence. Tax avoidance and tax evasion therefore undermine the effectiveness of tax policies and result in less revenue for governments, cheaper prices for smokers and increased tobacco use. Tobacco smuggling and illicit tobacco trade have probably always existed, since tobacco's introduction as...
متن کاملImplicit Motivational Impact of Pictorial Health Warning on Cigarette Packs
OBJECTIVE The use of pictorial warning labels on cigarette packages is one of the provisions included in the first ever global health treaty by the World Health Organization against the tobacco epidemic. There is substantial evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of graphic health warning labels on intention to quit, thoughts about health risks and engaging in cessation behaviors. However, st...
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عنوان ژورنال: Tobacco Induced Diseases
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1617-9625
DOI: 10.18332/tid/83938