Economics for Health - EfH

03/27/2026

Now live on Economics for Health - EfH... country-specific outlining the findings from the 4️⃣th edition of the 📚

Check out the country profiles for 170+ countries & fact sheets for:

🇦🇱 Albania
🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina
🇧🇷 Brazil
🇪🇬 Egypt
🇮🇩 Indonesia
🇯🇴 Jordan
🇲🇪 Montenegro
🇲🇰 North Macedonia
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇵🇾 Paraguay
🇸🇰 Slovakia
🇸🇷 Suriname

Stay tuned for more releases coming soon & reach out if you would like to request a fact sheet for your country 🔎

https://www.economicsforhealth.org/cigarette-tax-scorecard/

03/20/2026

Earlier this month, 3️⃣ Economics for Health - EfH team members participated in 📚

The researchers presented 🆕 evidence on:

- the association between border length & illicit trade,
- online delivery sales laws and their effect on youth **ng, &
- the association between recreational retail rollout and substance use intensity.

Thank you to Society for Research on Ni****ne and To***co for the opportunity to share our findings with colleagues & learn about their endeavors!

Read more in our 👇
https://www.economicsforhealth.org/blog/economics-for-health-presents-new-research-on-illicit-to***co-e-ci******es-and-cannabis-retail-at-srnt-2026/

03/19/2026

An alternate ***co tax system in 🇧🇩 would improve & raise tax revenues in FY 2026-27 📈

Specifically, 🆕 estimates that this proposal would:

1️⃣. encourage nearly 0.5 million adults to quit smoking & prevent more than 372,000 youth from initiating use, saving over 371,700 lives in the long-term; &
2️⃣. generate more than BDT 85,000 crore in ***co tax revenue, BDT 44,000 crore more than the previous fiscal year.

Learn more from experts at Campaign for To***co-Free Kids, Vital Strategies, World Health Organization (WHO), & Economics for Health - EfH 👇

https://www.economicsforhealth.org/research/raising-to***co-taxes-in-fy-2026-2027-protecting-health-and-financing-government-reform/

03/16/2026

🆕 on the 🇪🇺 finds that the impact of the revised draft of the ***coTaxDirective on would be relatively small & temporary 🔎

To***co accounts for only 2.3% of the consumption basket in the European Union. Relative to baseline , the TTD revision would:

1️⃣. Only increase inflation between 0.1 & 0.4 percentage points in most Member States in 2028, with no change in 5 Member States, and
2️⃣. Result in a cumulative effect of 0.3 percentage points from 2028 to 2030, decreasing each year, from 0.13 percentage points in 2028 to 0.08 percentage points in 2030.

Learn more in the from UPCT Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena 👇

https://www.economicsforhealth.org/research/the-to***co-tax-directive-reform-and-inflation-a-modest-and-temporary-effect/

03/12/2026

📢 The Economics for Health - EfH in is now live!

We are also excited to release the fact sheet 🇮🇩 in Bahasa Indonesia, which highlights opportunities for the country to improve its tax policies by:

- simplifying the complex tiered structure,
- regularly raising tax rates, &
- reducing cigarette affordability.

Read the translated 👇
https://www.economicsforhealth.org/uploads/Cigarette%20Tax%20Scorecard%204th%20Edition_IND_v3-0.pdf
.. & 👇
https://www.economicsforhealth.org/uploads/factsheet_indo%20(6).pdf

03/10/2026

Coming soon... 🆕 translations of the 4th edition of the Economics for Health - EfH to:

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We hope that these will be useful resources to highlight ways can improve ***co tax policies around the world 🌏

Stay up to date on all of our releases & findings 📚

The newly released 4th edition of the Economics for Health Cigarette Tax Scorecard scores cigarette tax policy performance in 171 countries on a five-point scale using data from the World Health Organization's biennial Report on the Global To***co Epidemic, providing policy makers with an actionable...

03/05/2026

🆕 findings estimate annual economic cost of ***co use in 🇧🇩 at BDT 875.44 billion, or 1.58% of GDP 🔎

Specifically, the shows:
🏥 a health-related burden of BDT 730.63 billion, including direct & indirect costs, and
🌏 an environment-related burden of BDT 144.81 billion, including waste, land degradation, & pollution, yet
📉 to***co taxes only amounted to ~BDT 400 billion.

Learn more from Institute of Health Economics-IHE, University of Dhaka & Economics for Health - EfH 👇

https://www.economicsforhealth.org/research/the-economic-costs-of-to***co-use-in-bangladesh-an-updated-estimate-including-health-and-environmental-damages-working-paper-series/

02/23/2026

Last week, the Economics for Health - EfH team came together for a biannual retreat in 💬

We discussed progress, challenges, & new proposals for 2026, as we continue to produce and share high-quality economic findings related to ***co, alcohol, & more with stakeholders 📈

As always, thank you to our partners and collaborators for your commitment to improving fiscal & public health globally, and our guests from for joining us in person! We look forward to seeing what we can accomplish this year 🌎

Keep up with the latest from EfH on our website: https://www.economicsforhealth.org/

02/20/2026

In 🇲🇰, ******es are still very affordable as price increases are not keeping up with significant income growth 🔎

🆕 from Analytica finds that reducing affordability 🔟% would decrease consumption:

- 7.9% in low-income households,
- 5.9% in middle-income households, &
- 6.4% in high-income households 📉

Learn more about the findings & recommendations for to implement substantial and regular cigarette tax increases 👇

https://www.economicsforhealth.org/research/cigarette-affordability-in-north-macedonia-working-paper-series/

02/19/2026

In a 🆕 , we answer all of your questions!

Check it out for insights from our authors on the methodology, country-level & global implications, and future analyses 📚

https://www.economicsforhealth.org/blog/responding-to-your-cigarette-tax-scorecard-questions/
.. and stay tuned for translations of the Scorecard, coming soon🌏

02/16/2026

We are excited to share that individual country with findings from the 4️⃣th edition of the are now live on our website!

These are a useful resource for , advocates, & other stakeholders in the ***cocontrol community to highlight strengths & opportunities in tax policies around the world.

Access them on the country profiles 👇

https://www.economicsforhealth.org/cigarette-tax-scorecard/

02/10/2026

In the 4️⃣th from Economics for Health - EfH, latest data shows that governments are struggling to reduce affordability over time 📉

Only the region 🌍 was able to reduce affordability, on average, between 2018 & 2024. There is significant opportunity for countries around the world to improve cigarette tax policies by raising taxes & updating them for inflation & income growth 🔎

Learn more in the recently released 📝

www.economicsforhealth.org/research/cigarette-tax-scorecard-4th-edition/