WHO report laments low tobacco taxes
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Taxing cigarettes up to 75 percent of their retail price is among the most effective ways to reduce tobacco use, but too few governments levy high enough taxes, a World Health Organization global report released yesterday said.
The WHO鈥檚 2015 report on the global tobacco epidemic said more than half of the world鈥檚 countries 鈥 encompassing about 2.8 billion people 鈥 had implemented at least one of six sets of agreed-upon tobacco-control policies. The figure is up from 2.3 billion when the previous report was released in 2013.
But it said many nations continue to have very low tobacco tax rates or no taxes at all. The report and officials said tobacco taxation could be a key source of funding to implement health and development goals.
Around 6 million people die each year from tobacco-related diseases, and the number will rise to 8 million a year by 2030 unless strong measures are taken, the WHO said.
鈥淩aising taxes on tobacco products is one of the most effective 鈥 and cost-effective 鈥 ways to reduce consumption of products that kill, while also generating substantial revenue,鈥 WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said in a statement.
Raising taxes is the least implemented of the measures, with only 33 countries having sufficiently high taxes, the report said.
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