The Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Taxation in Mexico
Hugh Waters, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School
of Public Health,
Baltimore, Maryland
Belén Sáenz de Miera, National Institute
of Public Health,
Cuernavaca, Mexico
Hana Ross, American Cancer Society,
Atlanta, Georgia
Luz Myriam Reynales Shigematsu, National
Institute of Public Health,
Cuernavaca, Mexico
Raising the specific
excise tax component to 20 pesos
per pack by 2013 would increase total tax
inclusive of VAT
to 75% of retail price, prevent nearly 1
million deaths, and
raise excise tax revenues of over 41 billion
pesos.
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