PPT-Are Tobacco Taxes Really Regressive?

Evidence from Chile Alan Fuchs amp Francisco Meneses Washington DC April 18 2017 Research Question What are the distributional effects of tobacco taxes Are they Regressive Progressive. Background. Increase rates of cancer. Lung cancer. Heart disease. Poor blood flow. High blood pressure. Secondhand smoke can cause premature birth and miscarriages. Tobacco Use. Key Facts on Tobacco Use. Three Types of Taxes. Progressive Tax. Regressive Tax. Proportional Tax. Progressive Tax. A progressive tax is a tax for which the percentage of income paid in taxes increases as income increases.. Our Federal Taxes System is Progressive. OK! . This is my “lecture” on the vocabulary: 1-5. Chapters 9,10, & 14. . ABILITY TO PAY . PRINCIPLE OF TAXATION . #1 Keep in mind that this is a “theory” of taxation or a model; make note of that…it is NOT a tax in itself. 1. How much tax did you pay at each income level?. Total Taxes Paid. Total Earnings Before Taxes. 2. Did you think the average tax would increase, decrease or stay the same?. What do the data show us?. Shelia Evans L.P.N.. Manager Community Health Program. 353-5767. Objectives . Understand what e-cigarettes are and how they work. How e-cigarettes are marketed and the laws regarding them. Know health implications of e-cigarettes. The Public Health Approach. Global tobacco control models: what works in the U.S. and around the world. CDC recommendations for comprehensive programs. Policy interventions. Strategies for success. Comprehensive Programs. Rohan Samarajiva. New Delhi, 16-19 December 2016. This work was carried out with the aid of a grant from the International Development Research Centre, Canada and . UKaid. from the Department for International Development, UK.. Stéphane. Verguet. Email: . verguet@hsph.harvard.edu. April 18, 2017, WBG/IMF Spring Meetings, Washington, DC. Tax is the single most effective tobacco control policy. France: cigarette consumption & inflation-adjusted price . The . Global Evidence. Frank J. . Chaloupka. , University of Illinois at . Chicago. Tobacco Taxation: Win-Win for Public Health & Resource Mobilization. World Bank, Washington DC, 18 . April 2017. Jason Furman. Senior Fellow, PIIE. Peterson Institute for International Economics | 1750 Massachusetts Ave., NW | Washington, DC 20036. The World Bank Group. Washington, DC. April 19, 2017. Nearly 25 Percent of Deaths in the United States Were Attributable to Tobacco in 2004. The IMF Experience . __________________________. Patrick Petit and Janos Nagy. Senior economists. Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund. TOBACCO TAXATION: WIN-WIN FOR PUBLIC HEALTH &DOMESTIC RESOURCES MOBILIZATION CONFERENCE. Background. Increase rates of cancer. Lung cancer. Heart disease. Poor blood flow. High blood pressure. Secondhand smoke can cause premature birth and miscarriages. Tobacco Use. Key Facts on Tobacco Use. Presenter: Jason Evans, Deputy Director. . . Property and Special Taxes Division . Discussion Topics. Products D. efined. Taxes. Registration. Age Requirements. Penalties. Vending Machines. WHO Framework for Tobacco Control(FCTC) and MPOWER. FCTC / MPOWER . These are the Global . tobacco control policies and legal . instruments. . Need to be adapted . at country level . to develop country .