The 2019 economic crisis in #Lebanon🇱🇧 devalued currency, yet did not significantly reduce #smoking 🔎 American University of Beirut survey found: -66% were regular #smokers in 2024 -61% of smokers consumed a cheap local brand in 2024, up from 32% pre-2019 Learn more 👇 economicsforhealth.org/research/tobac…

Last week, Economics for Health (EfH) hosted our #Asia & #EasternMediterranean meeting in #SriLanka 🇱🇰 We discussed progress & challenges on #tobacco tax policies in 9️⃣ countries. This cross-border knowledge-sharing is crucial for a policy impact 🌏 Thank you to participants for engaging!

Congratulations to ARK Foundation on a 🆕 #publication 🎉 In #Bangladesh🇧🇩, the tax structure incentivizes low-price #cigarettes, reducing gov't revenue BDT 22.1B 📉 Learn about potential gains of raising the minimum price & tax rates for the low tier👇 tobaccoinduceddiseases.org/Expansion-of-l…

You are invited to our #webinar on the 6️⃣ key principles of alcohol #taxation 🎉 Join us at 10am ET on November 10th for the launch of the 🆕 policy note from #RESETAlcohol on designing #alcohol taxes to save lives! Learn from a global panel of experts👇 vitalstrategies.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

📢 Next week, Action for Economic Reforms will be releasing a co-produced report on illicit #tobacco trade in the #Philippines 🇵🇭 Learn about the findings from 8️⃣ cities & implications for #policymakers, happening: 🗓️ November 10th, 9pm ET 📹 on AER's Facebook page facebook.com/aer.ph

The newly operational Tax Policy Office in #Pakistan🇵🇰 provides an opportunity to align #tobacco taxes w/ both fiscal & #publichealth goals 📈 An #oped from SPDC examines the implications of this institutional shift on #tobaccocontrol aims 👇 brecorder.com/news/40390905/…

🍺☑️Aumentar los impuestos al alcohol por mililitro de alcohol puro y regular su venta, tal como lo recomienda la OMS, son medidas urgentes para un país como México, donde se registran 115 muertes al día ocasionadas por el consumo de alcohol. 🎥Carlos Guerrero, de Economics for Health (EfH)

🆕 #research from ISEA MNE finds that tobacco spending & tobacco-related health spending: -pushed 10,011 #Montenegrins into #poverty, including 2,151 children & -⬆️ poverty gap 1.53% in the poorest households. Learn about these results from #Montenegro🇲🇪 economicsforhealth.org/research/the-i…