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  • Montenegro - Overview of Tobacco Use, Tobacco Control Legislation and Taxation (English)

    Montenegro became a Party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in 2006 and ratified the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products in 2017. Tobacco excise hikes, undertaken in...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 138257 Document Date: June 23, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Marquez,Patricio V.,Krasovsky, Konstantin,Andreeva,Tatiana

  • Tajikistan - Overview of Tobacco Use, Tobacco Control Legislation, and Taxation (English)

    Smoking prevalence Tajikistan remains rather moderate. According to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) conducted in 2016, smokers constitute 6.3 percent of the adult population of Tajikistan. However...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 138157 Document Date: June 21, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Marquez,Patricio V.,Krasovsky, Konstantin,,Andreeva,Tatiana

  • Costa Rica - Overview of Tobacco Use, Tobacco Control Legislation, and Taxation (English)

    This brief provides an overview of tobacco control legislation, use, and taxation in the country. Costa Rica ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in 2008. General Law for the Control...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 138154 Document Date: June 21, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Marquez,Patricio V.,Krasovsky, Konstantin,Andreeva,Tatiana

  • Jordan - Overview of Tobacco Use, Tobacco Control Legislation and Taxation (English)

    This brief provides an overview of tobacco control legislation, use, and taxation in the country. The prevalence of smoking is rather high in Jordan. The Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) found that in...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 138097 Document Date: June 20, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Marquez,Patricio V.,Krasovsky, Konstantin,Andreeva,Tatiana

  • Nicaragua : Overview of Tobacco Use, Tobacco Control Legislation, and Taxation (English)

    This country brief provides an overview of tobacco control legislation, use, and taxation in the country. This country brief provides an overview of tobacco control legislation, use, and taxation in the...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 138078 Document Date: June 19, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Marquez,Patricio V.,Krasovsky, Konstantin,Andreeva,Tatiana

  • Ecuador : Overview of Tobacco Use, Tobacco Control Legislation, and Taxation (English)

    The country brief provides and overview of Tobacco Use, Tobacco Control Legislation, and Taxation in Ecuador. Ecuador has a strong tobacco control policy. A comprehensive tobacco control law was adopted...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 137920 Document Date: June 17, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Marquez,Patricio V.,Krasovsky, Konstantin,Andreeva,Tatiana

  • Argentina : Overview of Tobacco Use, Tobacco Control Legislation, and Taxation (English)

    This country brief provides an overview of tobacco legislation, use, and taxation in Argentina. Argentina is the only country in Latin America which did not become a Party to the WHO Framework Convention...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 137921 Document Date: June 17, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Marquez,Patricio V.,Krasovsky, Konstantin,Andreeva,Tatiana

  • Serbia – Overview of Tobacco Use, Tobacco Control Legislation and Taxation (English)

    Serbia has rather high prevalence of smoking. According to the National Health Surveys, the prevalence of daily smoking among men in 2013 was 33 percent which was lower than in 2000 (41 percent), while...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 137996 Document Date: June 17, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Marquez,Patricio V.,Krasovsky, Konstantin,Andreeva,Tatiana

  • Kazakhstan : Overview of Tobacco Use, Tobacco Control Legislation, and Taxation (English)

    The country brief provides an overview of tobacco legislation, use, and taxation in Kazakhstan. Tobacco taxation policy practiced in Kazakhstan in 2003-2013 resulted in increased tobacco excise revenues...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 137932 Document Date: June 15, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Marquez,Patricio V.,Krasovsky, Konstantin,Andreeva,Tatiana

  • Impact of Cigarette Price Increase on Health and Financing Outcomes in Vietnam (English)

    This paper is part of additional efforts supported by the World Bank Global Tobacco Control Program to inform the Government of Vietnam on options for tobacco taxation by providing estimates of the impact...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 137919 Document Date: June 14, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Wu, Daphne,Jha,Prabhat K.,Dutta,Sheila,Marquez,Patricio V.

  • Brazil : Overview of Tobacco Use, Tobacco Control Legislation, and Taxation (English)

    Brazil has achieved one of the largest significant declines in age-standardized smoking prevalence since 1990 through a combination of tobacco control policies. Smoking prevalence among adults decreased...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 137922 Document Date: June 12, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Marquez,Patricio V.,Krasovsky, Konstantin,Andreeva,Tatiana

  • Mexico : Overview of Tobacco Use, Tobacco Control Legislation, and Taxation (English)

    The country brief presents an overview of current tobacco control legislation, use, and taxation policy in Mexico. Data and information were collected from different sources. The brief is intended to serve...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 137923 Document Date: June 12, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Marquez,Patricio V.,Krasovsky, Konstantin,Andreeva,Tatiana