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Indicator name:
Tobacco MPOWER Raise taxes: Earmarked tobacco taxes
Short name:
Earmarked tobacco taxes
Topic:
Risk factors
Rationale:
The Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development 2015 affirmed that “price and tax measures on tobacco can be an effective and important means to reduce tobacco consumption and health-care costs and represent a revenue stream for financing for development in many countries".
Definition:
If tobacco taxes are earmarked for specific purposes such as funding health, development, poverty-alleviation, tobacco control, or any other targeted programmes, this is noted. Non-earmarked revenues go to general revenue.
Method of estimation:
Country reported data.
Expected frequency of data dissemination:
Biennial
Contact person email:
perucica@who.int
Name:
Anne-Marie Perucic
IMRID:
5596
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