This article was published in 2007.
"Tobacco taxes are probably the single most cost-effective intervention
for adult health in the world. A tripling of the excise tax would
roughly double the price of cigarettes (as has happened in New York
City), preventing about three million deaths per year by 2030.
Most
OECD countries began to take tobacco control seriously in the last two
decades, and have decreased male tobacco deaths since. But effective
tobacco control measures are not underway in developing countries.
Taxes are about 80% of the street price of cigarettes in Toronto, but
less than 30% in Beijing or Delhi. In many countries, tobacco taxes
have fallen in real terms."
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