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    Tobacco Excise Taxes and the Smokefree 2025 Goal: Some Ways Forward

    Debate over tobacco tax increases has intensified as research indicates potentially conflicting policy directions. In this blog, we explore how allocating a proportion of tobacco tax revenue to assist smokers, and funding other complementary measures, could help avoid unintended outcomes and support continuation of an effective policy intervention.
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    Issue date
    15 January 2020
    Author(s)
    Janet Hoek Richard Edwards George Thomson Andrew Waa Nick Wilson

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