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Tobacco Control in Pakistan: The Impact of Tax Reduction Policy

This policy brief is based on a research study by the Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC), Macroeconomic Impacts of Tobacco Use in Pakistan. In order to gauge the revenue loss due to the introduction of the three-tier (versus the prior two-tier) excise duty structure, the study estimated the potential tax revenue by analyzing the trend in effective excuse duty per cigarette.

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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): Economic impacts of tobacco control, Impact on demand, Tax and price, Tax levels and structure, Tobacco taxes revenues

Authors(s): Muhammad Asif Iqbal, Ph.D.

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