The GCRF Tobacco Control Capacity Programme has held a one week workshop of expert sessions to support research fellows with their tobacco control taxation plans. Among topics discussed were illicit trade and tobacco taxation, in line with the framework convention on tobacco control guidelines.
Among the attendees were members of The Economics of Tobacco Control Project, based at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Research fellows were trained in using econometric methods to understand the impact of changes in tobacco tax. The project will provide evidence on tobacco taxation and illicit tobacco trade.The Tobacco Control Capacity programme will be undertaken in two parts of the world (South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa) where progress on tobacco control has not always been good, and where the tobacco industry is active in attempting to undermine measures that work. The grant will build research capacity in several LMICs, through funding for in-country senior researchers and post-doctoral scholars who will undertake research designed to address local priorities in each country, supported by a programme of training in research methods and public and policy engagement.
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