Hye Myung Lee

Oct 19, 2024 | tobaccocontrol.bmj.com | Hye Myung Lee |Jeffrey Drope |Carlos Manuel Guerrero-López |Anne-Marie Perucic

DiscussionThis study examines the association between the scores from the Tobacconomics Cigarette Tax Scorecard and tobacco excise tax revenue per capita. We find that a 1-point higher overall cigarette tax score is associated with higher tobacco excise tax revenue per capita of $11.98 (in constant 2018 PPP international dollars).

Jun 5, 2023 | tobaccocontrol.bmj.com | Hye Myung Lee |Jeffrey Drope |Carlos Manuel Guerrero-López |Anne-Marie Perucic

ResultsSummary statistics of the sample are presented in table 1. The average tobacco tax revenue per capita is $212.98 (in constant 2018 PPP international dollars) and the average overall cigarette tax score is 2.62. On average, the total overall tax revenue is 17% of the country’s GDP and 66% of the population is aged 15–64. The analysis includes 176 observations for 70 countries.