PPT-Are Tobacco Taxes Regressive?

The Global Evidence Frank J Chaloupka University of Illinois at Chicago Tobacco Taxation WinWin for Public Health amp Resource Mobilization World Bank Washington DC 18 April 2017. It gives the Food and Drug Administration FDA the authority to regulate the manufacture distribution and marketing of tobacco products to protect public health The Tobacco Control Act Recognizes that virtually all new users of tobacco pr oducts are 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?. 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 . Evidence . from Chile. Alan Fuchs & Francisco Meneses. Washington DC, . April. 18, 2017. Research . Question. What are the distributional effects of tobacco taxes? Are they Regressive? Progressive?. 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. Lesson 9.2 Why People Use Tobacco. Lesson 9.3 Treating and Preventing . Nicotine Addiction. The Health Effects of Tobacco. Lesson 9.1. Nicotine. An addictive drug. Is classified as a stimulant. Cigarettes. Cured and finely cut tobacco rolled in a paper. Cigarettes usually have a filter on the end. . More than 4,000 different chemicals have been found in tobacco and tobacco smoke. . Among these are more than 60 chemicals that are known to cause cancer. . at Postsecondary Institutions in Minnesota. Meghan R. Mason. 1,2. , MPH, Katherine Lust. 2. , PhD, MPH, RD, Julia Sanem. 2. , MPH, . David Golden. 2. , BA, BS, Maria Rudie. 3. , MPH. 1. St .Catherine University, Saint Paul, MN, . Cigarettes. Smokeless tobacco (chewing tobacco, oral snuff). Pipes. Cigars. Clove cigarettes. Bidis. Hookah (waterpipe smoking). Electronic cigarettes (. “. e-cigarettes. ”. )*. Image courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / Rick Ward. https://. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m7-zIa6-Es&index=5&list=PLDn9r9P9F4oFUCQdFBkcmm0fC_R3UenZI. 80% of adult smokers started smoking as teenagers!!!!!!!!!!!!!. https://. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEDpJTTDZP8&index=2&list=PLDn9r9P9F4oFUCQdFBkcmm0fC_R3UenZI. “. Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society.. ”. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. “. People want just (or fair) taxes more than they want lower taxes. They want to know that every man is paying his proportionate share according to his wealth.. Tobacco is a green, leafy plant that is grown in warm climates. After it . is picked. , it is dried, ground up, and used in different ways. It can be smoked in . a cigarette. , pipe, or cigar. It can be chewed (called smokeless tobacco or .