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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809309003321

Titolo

WHO technical manual on tobacco tax administration / / World Health Organization

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : World Health Organization, c2010

ISBN

1-282-76090-4

9786612760907

92-4-068523-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (135 p.)

Disciplina

352.44

Soggetti

Tobacco - Taxation

Tobacco - Taxation - Law and legislation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-114).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter I; Chapter II; Chapter III; Chapter IV; Chapter V; References; Annex

Sommario/riassunto

Tobacco use is the single largest cause of preventable death globally, killing more than five million people each year. Tobacco use also creates considerable economic costs, from greater spending on health care to treat the diseases it brings on in users and those exposed to tobacco smoke to the lost productivity resulting from the premature deaths it causes. Of all the many interventions for reducing tobacco use, a significant increase in tobacco product taxes and prices has been demonstrated to be the single most effective and cost-effective intervention, particularly among the poor and the