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Indicator name:
Tobacco affordability - percent of GDP per capita required to purchase 100 packs of cigarettes
Data type:
Percent
Indicator Id:
4613
Topic:
Risk factors
Definition:
Percent of the country's GDP per capita required to purchase 100 packs of the most-sold brand of cigarettes in the country.  The higher the percentage, the less affordable cigarettes are. Tax and price information is collected from Member States every two years by WHO.
Method of estimation:
Country reported data
Unit of Measure:
N/A
Unit Multiplier:
N/A
Links:
WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic
Indicator Metadata Registry List
Affordability - percentage of GDP per capita required to purchase 2000 cigarettes of the most sold brand (Tobacco control: Raise taxes)
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