Creating tools and evidence to improve tobacco tax policy in the West African region.
8 million people a year Tobacco use kills more than 8 million people a year (World Health Organization, 2019). Commercial tobacco product sales have historically been low in most African countries, but the situation is rapidly changing.
If all of the ECOWAS countries were to implement the ECOWAS Directive on tobacco taxation, sales volumes would decrease 22% on average, and tax revenues would increase 373%, on average. This project sought to develop a predictive method that would allow assement of the positive and negative effects of implementing pro-health policies. The key was to generate strong, context-specific economic evidence to accurately assess the current situation and the possibility of changes in taxation.
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