Price Elasticity Estimates for Tobacco Products in India
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Price elasticity estimates for tobacco products in India.
The tax base of tobacco in India is heavily dependent on about 14% of tobacco users, who smoke cigarettes. Non-cigarette tobacco products accounting for 85% of the tobacco consumption contributes only 15% of the total tobacco taxes. Though taxation is an important tool to regulate consumption of tobacco, there have been no estimates of price elasticities for different tobacco products in India ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Policy and Planning
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0268-1080,1460-2237
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czn007