août 9, 2018 | by admin | Notes de politique
ContextIf nothing is done, the pandemic of tobacco will cause 10 millions of death by 2030 of which 70% in developing countries. To curb this trend, Framework Convention on... Read more
août 9, 2018 | by admin | Notes de politique
INTRODUCTIONTobacco use has disastrous consequences on health, such as cancer and cardiovascular illnesses. Smoking causes 40% of deaths related to cancer and 9% of deaths related to other cardiovascular... Read more
août 9, 2018 | by admin | Notes de politique
INTRODUCTIONTaxation is considered the most effective way to reduce the consumption of tobacco products. The World Health Organization (WHO) advocates, for effective tax policy on these products that excise... Read more
août 9, 2018 | by admin | Notes de politique
INTRODUCTIONIncreasing taxes is considered the most effective measure to reduce the consumption of tobacco products. To enable taxation to play this role, ECOWAS adopted a new Directive on the... Read more
août 9, 2018 | by admin | Notes de politique
The use of excise taxes – ad valorem and specific – as a means to control cigarettes consumption is a relatively new toolkit in many developing countries. There is... Read more
août 9, 2018 | by admin | Notes de politique
Increasing taxes is considered the most effective measure to reduce the consumption of tobacco products. To enable taxation to play this role, ECOWAS adopted a new Directive on the... Read more
août 9, 2018 | by admin | Notes de politique
INTRODUCTIONThe illicit tobacco trade offers products that escape taxation, health warnings and prohibition of sales to minors. Thus, promoting the smoking of children and poor people. This trade also... Read more
août 9, 2018 | by admin | Notes de politique
INTRODUCTIONThe illicit tobacco trade offers products that escape taxation, health warnings and prohibition of sales to minors. Thus, promoting the smoking of children and poor people. This trade also... Read more
août 9, 2018 | by admin | Notes de politique
INTRODUCTIONThe Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) adopted a new directive on the taxation of tobacco products in December 2017. The minimum rate of the ad valorem tax... Read more
août 9, 2018 | by admin | Notes de politique
INTRODUCTIONNon-communicable diseases (NCDs), for which tobacco is one of the major risk factors, are the leading cause of death worldwide. They contributed to 68% of the 56 million deaths... Read more