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WHO technical manual on tobacco tax administration / World Health Organization.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- World Health Organization.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tobacco--Taxation.
- Tobacco.
- Tobacco--Taxation--Law and legislation.
- Smoking Prevention.
- Tobacco Use Cessation--economics.
- Taxes.
- Tobacco Industry--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Medical Subjects:
- Smoking Prevention.
- Tobacco Use Cessation--economics.
- Taxes.
- Tobacco Industry--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (135 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Geneva : World Health Organization, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Tobacco use is the single largest cause of preventable death globally, killing more than five million people each year. Tobacco use also creates considerable economic costs, from greater spending on health care to treat the diseases it brings on in users and those exposed to tobacco smoke to the lost productivity resulting from the premature deaths it causes. Of all the many interventions for reducing tobacco use, a significant increase in tobacco product taxes and prices has been demonstrated to be the single most effective and cost-effective intervention, particularly among the poor and the
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter I; Chapter II; Chapter III; Chapter IV; Chapter V; References; Annex
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-114).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Organization, World Health. WHO Technical Manual on Tobacco Tax Administration.
- ISBN:
- 9786612760907
- 9781282760905
- 1282760904
- 9789240685239
- 9240685235
- OCLC:
- 662259097
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