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| Author:
| Taal, Anneli ; Kiivet, Raul ; Hu, Teh-Wei ; |
| Document Date:
| 2004/06/01 |
| Document Type:
| Working Paper (Numbered Series) |
| Report Number:
| 29773 |
| Volume No:
| 1 of 1 |
| Country:
| Estonia ; |
| Doc Name:
| The economics of tobacco in Estonia |
| Keywords:
| advertising,aged,air,births,Cancers,cessation,cigarette smoking,corruption,dentistry,diseases,employment,epidemiology,families,girls,Health,health behavior,Health Care,Health Promotion,heart disease,hospitals,information campaigns,inpatient care,intervention,lung cancer,media,medicines,morbidity,mortality,mortality rates,mothers,National Health,Nutrition,offenders,partnership,passive smoking,patients,premature death,price of tobacco products,productivity,Public Health,respiratory diseases,retirement,risk factors,schools,sex,sickness absence,smokers,smoking,smoking,Smoking prevalence,tobacco,tobacco,tobacco,tobacco consumption,Tobacco Control,tobacco epidemic,tobacco industry,tobacco sponsorship,tobacco taxes,tobacco use,young people. Tobacco; Tobacco control; Smoking; Cigarettes; Tobacco tax; Cigarette taxes; Disease burden; Lung cancer; Tax policy; Price elasticity; Tobacco consumption; Smuggling; Health care costs; Fires; Household income; Sickness & disability; Disability pensions; Cigarette industry Show More |
| Language:
| English |
| Region:
| Europe and Central Asia ; |
| Rep Title:
| The economics of tobacco in Estonia |
| Topics:
| Health, Nutrition and Population |
| SubTopics:
| Health Monitoring & Evaluation ; Adolescent Health ; Alcohol and Substance Abuse ; Social Policy ; Early Child and Children's Health |
| Unit Owning:
| Health, Nutrition & Popultn Team (HDNHE) |
| Collection Title: | HNP discussion paper series : economics of tobacco control paper
; no 19 |
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Abstract
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| The study examines prevalence of tobacco use in Estonia, expenditures by smokers, and the prevalence of prominent diseases for which tobacco use is an important risk factor. It estimates private and public direct and indirect costs associated with smoking in Estonia for 1998, looking at health care costs, fires, loss of household income, productivity losses, sickness benefits and disability, retirement and survivors' pensions. The total cost to the government in additional expenditures and lost revenues is estimated to be well over EEK 200 million greater than the tobacco tax revenues generated and reduced pension expenditures resulting from premature deaths attributable to tobacco. The second part of the paper estimates the relationship between cigarette prices (adjusted for inflation) and demand, including legal and illegal purchases by Estonians and by foreign visitors to Estonia. The price elasticity of cigarette demand is estimated at -0.34, implying that each 10 percent rise in the real price of cigarettes in Estonia will cause consumption to fall by about 3.4percent. The analysis shows that a tobacco tax rate increase will increase tax revenue from local consumption despite substitution between legal and illegal consumption, but that revenues will be greatly affected by the extent to which visitors (mostly from Finland) continue to buy (tax paid) cigarettes in Estonia. Stricter tobacco control measures, including higher taxation of cigarettes, would lead to healthier people, the avoidance of premature death, and increased productivity, which can only improve the economic performance of the country. |
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