The effects of a rise in cigarette price on cigarette consumption tobacco taxation revenues and of smoking-related deaths in 28 EU countries-- applying threshold regression modelling

摘要

BackgroundEuropean Union public healthcare expenditure on treating smoking and attributable diseases is estimated at over €25bn annually. The reduction of tobacco consumption has thus become one of the major social policies of the EU. This study investigates the effects of price hikes on cigarette consumption, tobacco tax revenues and smoking-caused deaths in 28 EU countries.