Health & Financial Benefits of Tobacco Taxes in Colombia: Results from a Modelling Study
2019
Using extended cost-effectiveness analysis methods, the authors assessed the distributional impact across socioeconomic groups of a tax on tobacco on selected health and financial outcomes in Colombia. They estimated over a 20 year time period the years of life gained with smoking cessation and the increased tax revenues, associated with a 70% relative price increase of the pack of cigarettes.
The authors predict that over 20 years, the tax increase would lead to over 190,000 years of life gained among Colombia's urban population, with the largest gains among the bottom two income quintiles. The additional annual tax revenues would amount to between 2 and 4 % of the annual government health expenditure and the poorest wealth quintile group would bear the smallest tax burden increase.
Health & Financial Benefits of Tobacco Taxes in Colombia: Results from a Modelling Study
Source:
James EK, Saxena A, Franco Restrepo C, Llorente B, Vecino-Ortiz AI, Villar Uribe M, Iunes RF, Verguet S. Distributional Health and Financial Benefits of Increased Tobacco Taxes in Colombia: Results from a Modelling Study. Tobacco Control 2019; 28 (4): 374-380. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054378