The associations between prices and taxes and the use of tobacco products in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic review and meta-analysis

G. Emmanuel Guindon, Ignacio Finot Cornejo, Mauricio Flores Muñoz, Luca Pruzzo and Guillermo Paraje

Health Policy, 2025, vol. 161, issue C

Abstract: Although taxes that raise retail tobacco prices and industry-initiated price increases have been shown to decrease tobacco consumption, the scarcity of studies in Latin America and the Caribbean using household- or individual-level data in existing reviews limits their policy relevance.

Keywords: Cigarette smoking; Tobacco smoking; Price; Taxes; Systematic review; Meta-analysis; Latin America (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105396

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