Smoking out illicit trade: How some policies intended to limit smoking drive illegal trade

Roger Bate
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Roger Bate: American Enterprise Institute

AEI Economic Perspectives, 2016

Abstract: The World Health Organization (WHO) states that smoking cigarettes is the largest cause of preventable premature death globally and as therefore enacted various protocols in attempts to lower the death toll. However, in many cases the attempts to lower smoking, such as raising taxes and introducing or expanding regulation on tobacco products, has resulted in the rise of illicit tobacco, whether counterfeits or legally produced smuggled products. Bate argues that free trade zones, rogue nations and attempts by governments to stop illicit trade are the main drivers of illicit tobacco.

Keywords: cigarettes; Trade policy; World Health Organization (WHO) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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