The impact of prices and taxes on the use of tobacco products in latin america and the caribbean

G Emmanuel Guindon (), Guillermo Paraje () and F.J. Chaloupka

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 3, e9-e19

Abstract: We examined the impact of tobacco prices or taxes on tobacco use in Latin America and Caribbean countries. We searched MEDLINE, EconLit, LILACS, unpublished literature, 6 specialty journals, and reviewed references.We calculated pooled price elasticities using random-effects models.

Keywords: bibliographic database; Caribbean; commercial phenomena; economics; epidemiology; human; prevention and control; smoking; South and Central America; tax; tobacco; utilization, Caribbean Region; Commerce; Databases, Bibliographic; Humans; Latin America; Smoking; Taxes; Tobacco Products (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302396

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