Virtual Technical Training on Tobacco Control: Accelerating the MPOWER Package Implementation during COVID-19 in the Americas

Tobacco Taxes and the Economics of Tobacco Control

Bibliographic resources

Essentials

• 1. WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control https://www.who.int/fctc/text_download/en/
• 2. Guidelines adopted by the COP https://www.who.int/fctc/treaty_instruments/adopted/en/
• 3. Strategy and Plan of Action to Strengthen Tobacco Control in the Region of the Americas 2018-2022 https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/51574
• 4. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic 2019: offer help to quit tobacco use: https://www.who.int/teams/health-promotion/tobacco-control/who-report-on-the-global-tobacco-epidemic-2019
• 5. PAHO. Report on Tobacco Control in the Region of the Americas, 2018 https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/49237
• 6. PAHO. Indicator monitoring and evaluation tool. Strategy and Plan of Action to Strengthen Tobacco Control in the Region of the Americas 2018-2022 https://ais.paho.org/phip/tobaccotool/

Webinar 1. The economic and social impact of tobacco

• 1. Goodchild M, Nargis N, d'Espaignet ET. Costo económico global de las enfermedades asocia-das al tabaquismo. Tobacco control. 2018 Jan 1;27(1):58-64. (solo en inglés) https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/27/1/58
• 2. Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria. Tabaquismo en países de Latinoamérica. 2021. https://www.iecs.org.ar/tabaco/
• 3. WHO FCTC Secretariat and UNDP. The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control an Accelerator for Sustainable Development https://www.who.int/fctc/implementation/publications/who-fctc-accelerator-for-sustainable-development/en/

Webinar 2.Tobacco taxation: from theory to practice

• 1. IARC. Effectiveness of Tax and Price Policies for Tobacco Control.IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention Vo-lume 14. 2011 https://publications.iarc.fr/Book-And-Report-Series/Iarc-Handbooks-Of-Cancer-Prevention/Effectiveness-Of-Tax-And-Price-Policies-For-Tobacco-Control-2011
• 2. WHO Technical manual on tobacco tax policy and administration 2021 https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240019188
• 3. Tobacconomics. Cigarette Tax Scorecard. 2020 https://tobacconomics.org/files/research/636/uic-tobacco-scorecard-report-eng-v7.1.pdf

Webinar 3. The illicit trade in tobacco products and evidence to counter the arguments against tobacco taxes

• 1. Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products https://fctc.who.int/protocol/overview
• 2. The World Bank. Confronting Illicit Tobacco Trade: a Global Review of Country Experiences https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/677451548260528135/confronting-illicit-tobacco-trade-a-global-review-of-country-experiences
• 3. Fuchs A, Gonzalez Icaza MF, Paz DP. Distributional Effects of Tobacco Taxation: A Comparative Analysis. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper. 2019 Apr 8(8805). https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3368579

Webinar 4. The economics of non-price related tobacco control policies

• 1. NIH andWHO. The economics of tobacco and tobacco control. NCI Tobacco Control Monograph Series 21. 2016 https://www.who.int/tobacco/publications/economics/nci-monograph-series-21/en/
• 2. WHO. Plain packaging of tobacco products: evidence, design and implementation https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/207478
• 3. Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Smoke-free environments, Smoke-free laws benefit the economy https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/assets/global/pdfs/es/SF_help_economy_es.pdf

Websites to find additional resources:

• PAHO – Health taxes: https://www.paho.org/en/topics/health-taxes
• PAHO – Tobacco control: https://www.paho.org/en/topics/tobacco-prevention-and-control
• PAHO–Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health Data Portal: https://www.paho.org/en/noncommunicable-diseases-and-mental-health/noncommunicable-diseases-and-mental-health-data-portal
• INSP México - Smoking Prevention and Control Department: https://www.controltabaco.com

Complementary resources:

• 1. WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000-2025, third edition. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/who-global-report-on-trends-in-prevalence-of-tobacco-use-2000-2025-third-edition
• 2. Global strategy to accelerate tobacco control: advancing sustainable development through the implementa-tion of the WHO FCTC 2019-2025. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/325887
• 3. WHO. Tobacco and poverty: a vicious circle https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/68704
• 4. WHO. Tobacco and its environmental impact: an overview https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/255574/9789241512497-eng.pdf
• 5. Pichon-Riviere A, Alcaraz A, Palacios A, Rodríguez B, Reynales-Shigematsu LM, Pinto M, Castillo-Riquelme M, Torres EP, Osorio DI, Huayanay L, Munarriz CL. The health and economic burden of smoking in 12 Latin American countries and the potential effect of increasing tobacco taxes: an economic modelling study https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30311-9
• 6. UNDP, FCTC Secretariat, PAHO, RTI and FOSALUD. Investment Case for Tobacco Control in El Salvador https://www.undp.org/publications/investment-case-tobacco-control-el-salvador
• 7. PNUD, CMCT Secretariat, PAHO, RTI andGovernment of Colombia. Investment Case for Tobacco Control in Colombia. https://www.co.undp.org/content/colombia/es/home/library/poverty/investment-case-for-tobacco-control-in-colombia.html
• 8. WHO technical manual on tobacco tax policy and administration. 2021 https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240019188
• 9. World Bank. Tobacco Tax Reforms at the Crossroads of Health and Development: A Multisectoral Perspec-tive. https://www.fctc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Tobacco-tax-reform-at-the-crossroads-of-health-and-development.pdf
• 10. Miera-Juárez BS, Iglesias R. Taxation and tobacco control: the cases of Brazil and Mexico.Salud Pública de México. 2010 Jan;52:S172-85. (Only in Spanish) https://saludpublica.mx/index.php/spm/article/view/4970/9720
• 11. E-Library: WHO FCTC Knowledge Hub on Tobacco Taxation & Illicit Trade https://untobaccocontrol.org/taxation/e-library/
• 12. Paraje G. Illicit cigarette trade in five South American countries: a gap analysis for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 2019 Aug;21(8):1079-86. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/nty098
• 13. de Miera Juarez BS, Reynales-Shigematsu LM, Stoklosa M, Welding K, Drope J. Measuring the illicit cigarette market in Mexico: a cross validation of two methodologies. Tobacco control. 2021 Mar 1;30(2):125-31. https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/30/2/125
• 14. IEP Perú. Cost-benefit analysis of tobacco consumption in Peru. https://tobacconomics.org/research/cost-benefit-analysis-of-tobacco-consumption-in-peru-report/
• 15. PAHO. Manual to develop legislation for tobacco control. Region of the Americas (only in Spanish) https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/35008?locale-attribute=en
• 16. Regional Tobacco Industry Interference Index: Implementation of Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Con-vention for Tobacco Control in Latin American countries. (Only Spanish) https://exposetobacco.org/wp-content/uploads/Latin-American-Report-ES.pdf
• 17. STOP. The Role of the WHO FCTC in COVID-19 Responses https://exposetobacco.org/wp-content/uploads/STOP_COVID19_Policy_Brief_v02.pdf
• 18. The UNION’s brief on financing public healthpreparedness for pandemic. 2020 https://theunion.org/sites/default/files/2020-10/Union%20brief%20on%20financing%20public%20health%20preparedness%20for%20pandemics_10.21.20.pdf