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Welcome to Economics for Health, the new name for Tobacconomics, an international team of researchers dedicated to producing rigorous economic evidence that helps to address public health challenges like tobacco use, alcohol use, and more, based at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.

  • Economics for Health translates complex economic data and analyses into actionable policy recommendations to strengthen public health and drive sustainable economic growth.

  • About 8 million people die each year from tobacco-related diseases, accounting for 13 percent of deaths worldwide.

  • Alcohol use is associated with more than 200 health conditions along with immense social harms and related economic costs.

  • We are an international team of economists collaborating with partners around the world to support improved policies that drive down tobacco and alcohol use, and much more.

Cigarette Tax Scorecard

The newly released 3rd edition of the Tobacconomics Cigarette Tax Scorecard scores cigarette tax policy performance in 170 countries on a five-point scale using data from the World Health Organization's biennial Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, providing policy makers with an actionable assessment of their country's cigarette tax policy.

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RESET Alcohol Initiative

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Tobacco Atlas

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