Economic evaluation of the recent French tobacco control policy: a model-based approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

One in four French adults smoked daily in 2021, compared with one in six in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. To strengthen its tobacco control policy, in 2016, France has started implementing a policy package that includes a 3-year gradual price increase, plain packaging, an annual social marketing campaign promoting cessation and the reimbursement of nicotine replacement products. This study aims to evaluate the health and economic impact of this policy package.

Methods

The long-term policy impact on disease cases, healthcare expenditure and gains in labour participation and productivity was evaluated by using the OECD microsimulation model for Strategic Public Health Planning for Non-Communicable Diseases. The model was fe

SUBMITTER: Devaux M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12703259 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature