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Book SynopsisNearly 370 million people in China smoke; about one-third of all smokers in the world are in China; and about 1.2 million deaths in China are attributable to smoking. The death toll is expected to reach 2.2 million in 2030 if no smoking intervention programs are implemented. Taxation on tobacco products is one of the most effective tobacco control programs. This book addresses not only why China should raise cigarette tax, but also how to raise the tobacco tax, by providing decision makers with relevant research findings and quantitative estimate about the impact of raising the tobacco tax. It documents how these research findings were communicated to the Chinese government officials, and how, finally, tobacco tax was raised 10 years after China's ratification of the WHO Frame Work Convention on Tobacco Control Treaty.The purposes of this book are (1) to inform economists, public health professionals, and policymakers about the economic consequences of smoking, (2) to provide the essential economics (particularly related to taxation) and public health information upon which to build the specifics of the taxation policy that is adopted, (3) to identify barriers, challenges, and recommendations for the Chinese government, and (4) to describe how research findings can be disseminated and communicated successfully to Chinese government policy makers. It is a must read for researchers who are interested in China's tobacco control efforts and in how to communicating their findings to the policy makers. It could also be useful for tobacco control professionals, researchers and policy makers in other countries.
Table of ContentsPreface: Introduction; Economic Costs of Smoking: Economic Costs Attributable to Smoking in China: An Update and an 8-year Comparison, 2000-2008 (Yang L, Sung HY, Mao Z, Hu TW, Rao K); Secondhand Smoke Exposure at Home in Rural China (Yao T, Sung HY, Mao Z, Hu TW, Max W); The Healthcare Costs of Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Rural China (Yao T, Sung HY, Mao Z, Hu YW, Max W); Demand for Cigarette Consumption: Quality and Spatial Price Variation of Tobacco: Demand Analysis of Household Survey Data in China (Chen, Y, Weibo X); The Effect of Cigarette Prices on Brand-switching in China: A Longitudinal Analysis of Data from the ITC China Survey (White JS, Li J, Hu TW, Fong GT, Jiang Y); The Heterogeneous Effects of Cigarette Prices on Brand Choice in China: Implications for Tobacco Control Policy (Li J, White JS, Hu TW, Fong GT, Jiang Y); The Epidemic of Gift Giving: A Social Barrier to Tobacco Control in China (Zhang XL, Lin S, Hu TW); Tobacco Taxation System and Its Reform Impact: The Role of Taxation in Tobacco Control and Its Potential Economic Impact in China (Hu T-w, Mao Z, Shi J, Chen W); Recent Tobacco Tax Rate Adjustment and Its Potential Impact on Tobacco Control in China (Hu T-w, Mao Z, Shi J); Can Increases in the Cigarette Tax Rate Be Linked to Cigarette Retail Prices? Solving Mysteries Related to the Cigarette Pricing Mechanism in China (Gao S, Zheng R, Hu TW); The Potential Effects of Tobacco Control in China: Projections from the China SimSmoke Simulation Model (Levy D, Rodriguez-Buno RL, Hu TW, Moran AE); The Consequences of Tobacco Tax on Household Health and Finances in Rich and Poor Smokers in China: An Extended Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (Verguet S, Gauvreau C, Mishra S, MaxLennan M, Murphy S, Brouwei E, Nugent R, Zhao K, Jha P, Jamison D); Tobacco Control in China: Barriers, Challenges and Recommendations: WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in China: Barriers, Challenges and Recommendations (Hu TW, Lee AH, Mao Z); Tobacco Control in China: From Policy Research to Practice and the Way Forward (Hu TW, Zhang XL);
