The effects of tobacco taxes on health : an analysis of the effects by income quintile and gender in Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine (English)

The main objectives of this paper are to estimate the burden of tobacco-caused mortality as a whole and by main tobacco-related diseases in Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine, and to assess the distributional health impact of an increase in tobacco taxation in these three countries. According to the results obtained, in 2012 smoking caused around 310,000 deaths in Russia, about 70,000 in Ukraine, and 14,300 in Kazakhstan, representing...

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Denisova,Irina;

Kuznetsova,Polina;
Document Date
2014/10/01
Document Type
Working Paper
Report Number
92765
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation,
Region
Europe and Central Asia,
Disclosure Date
2014/11/26
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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The effects of tobacco taxes on health : an analysis of the effects by income quintile and gender in Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine
Keywords
federal state

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Denisova,Irina; Kuznetsova,Polina.

The effects of tobacco taxes on health : an analysis of the effects by income quintile and gender in Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine (English). Health, nutrition, and population (HNP) discussion paper Washington, DC : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/835661468040170998

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