The Challenges of Monitoring Illicit Trade Should Not Obscure the Success of Tobacco Tax Policy.

• Autores: Stella Bialous, Stanton A. Glantz
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 108, Nº. 2, 2018, págs. 161-163
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • An editorial is presented which addresses the authors' views about the illicit tobacco trade and the success of Brazil's tobacco tax policy, and it mentions another article which appears in the same issue of the journal and deals with illicit cigarette consumption by adults in Brazil in 2013. According to the article, tax increases have been linked to reductions in tobacco consumption since 1999. The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is assessed.