Tripling tobacco taxes

Key for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030

SUBMITTED BY PRABHAT JHA       CO-AUTHORS: PATRICIO V. MARQUEZ, SHEILA DUTTA

“Progress has been made in expanding the coverage of effective interventions–more than half of the world’s countries, with 40% of the world’s population have implemented at least one tobacco control measure, and despite increasing global population, smoking prevalence has decreased slightly worldwide from 23% of adults in 2007 to 21% of adults in 2013. How can greater reductions in smoking be achieved in the next decade and contribute to reaching the health and social targets of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030?…” read more