Distributional health and financial consequences of increased cigarette tax in Iran: extended cost-effectiveness analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To assess the potential impact of a tax-induced cigarette price increase on financial and health outcomes by different socioeconomic groups.

Methods

In a modeled condition using pooled cross-section data from Household Income and Expenditure Survey (2002-2017) and Iran 2019 population data, a methodology of an extended cost effectiveness analysis (ECEA) was applied to model the impact on cigarette consumption of hypothetically increased cigarette tax. The methodology was employed to evaluate: [1] health benefits (premature deaths averted); [2] health expenditures regarding smoking-related disease treatment averted; [3] additional tax revenues raised; [4] change in household expenditures on cigarettes; and [5] financial risk protection among male Iranian smokers in

SUBMITTER: Raei B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8364107 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature