Smoking prevention that increases tax revenue: tobacco taxes in the Czech Republic 2004-2020

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11110/23:10468170

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a7507" target="_blank" >10.21101/cejph.a7507</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Smoking prevention that increases tax revenue: tobacco taxes in the Czech Republic 2004-2020

Original language description

Objectives: Increasing tobacco excise tax is one of the most effective smoking-prevention tools. The aim of the study is to assess the use of this tool in the Czech Republic (CR) by studying trends in cigarette taxes, prices, tax revenue, and the affordability of cigarettes in the CR. Methods: Data on cigarette consumption, their tax rates, price, and tax revenue in the CR for 2004-2020 come from multiple sources. We used the consumer price index to convert nominal values to real values. Given an average daily consumption of 12.7 cigarettes per smoker, the affordability of cigarettes was measured as a percentage of the average monthly wage needed to buy 19 cigarette packs. Results: Despite recent increases in excise taxes, cigarettes in the CR are becoming more affordable. We found that the affordability of cigarettes was greater in 2020 than in 2008. The values of both the specific and the minimum excise taxes are currently being eroded by inflation. Cigarette consumption has declined from 2015 to 2020, and the government still received a bit more excise tax revenue due to its earlier tax policy. However, if taxes are not increased further, the revenue will start to decline. Conclusions: Despite the trend of increasing tobacco taxes in the CR, both the affordability of cigarettes and their use are still high in the country. This means that the CR is not using tax policy effectively enough to reduce smoking prevalence. It needs a substantial and sudden tax increase, in addition to the currently planned tax increases, to reduce smoking prevalence and lower the burden of tobacco use in the economy. Such a move would not only improve public health in the CR, but also increase government revenue.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30304 - Public and environmental health

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Central European Journal of Public Health

ISSN

1210-7778

e-ISSN

1803-1048

Volume of the periodical

31

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

83-89

UT code for WoS article

001110096300006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85164758998