Article 6
Article - Reports
- B31 - Existence of information on tobacco-related mortality
- B33 - Additional information on tobacco-related mortality
- B41 - Existence of information on the economic burden of tobacco use
- B81 - Proportion of the retail price consisting of taxes
- B821 - Only specific tax levied
- B822 - Only ad valorem tax levied
- B823 - Combination of specific and ad valorem taxes levied
- B824 - Complex tax structure applied
- B84 - Trends in taxation
- B85 - Tobacco tax earmarking
- B93 - Trends in prices
- C211 - Tax policies to reduce tobacco consumption
- C212 - Tobacco sales to international travelers prohibited
- C213 - Tobacco imports by international travelers prohibited
- C214 - Progress made in implementing Article 6
- C215 - Guidelines for implementation of Article 6 utilized
- C216 - Details on the use of implementation guidelines
- C217 - Additional information concerning price and tax measures
Documents
- Convention Secretariat, WHO FCTC: Study of Parties' experience on dedication of tobacco taxes - 2015
- Framework Convention Alliance Resource: Tobacco - A Barrier to Sustainable Development
Links
- How to design effective tobacco tax policies? A how-to-toolkit from the World Bank (English)
- How to design effective tobacco tax policies? A how-to-toolkit from the World Bank (French)
- How to design effective tobacco tax policies? A how-to-toolkit from the World Bank (Spanish)
- Tobacco tax reform at the crossroads of health and development (2017) (main report)
- Tobacco tax reform at the crossroads of health and development (2017) (Executive Summary)
- Is Tobacco Taxation Regressive? Evidence On Public Health, Domestic Resource Mobilization, And Equity Improvements (2019)
- Tobacco Taxation in the Eurasian Economic Union (2018)
- Distributional Effects of Tobacco Taxation: A Comparative Analysis (Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Indonesia, Moldova, Russian Federation, South Africa, Ukraine) (2019)
- The economic and health benefits of tobacco taxation - joint publication of WHO and the Secretariat of the WHO FCTC
- The World Bank: Tobacco Control Program
- WHO Toolkit to assess economic costs of smoking
- WHO: A series of technical presentations on tobacco taxation
- WHO: Earmarked tobacco taxes: lessons learnt from nine countries
- WHO: Links to all economics publications
Article - Updates
- Cabo Verde: strong Tobacco Control Law adopted
- Cabo Verde: strong Tobacco Control Law adopted
- Finland: strengthened regulation on packaging, flavours and outdoor smoking
- Costa Rica regulates the use and taxation on ENDS, ENNDS and HTPs
- Germany: Tobacco Duty Modernisation Act adopted
- Ukraine: new tobacco tax measures enter into force
- Cabo Verde strengthens its tobacco taxation policies
- Azerbaijan: increase in tobacco excise tax
- Niue: tobacco control law passed
- Australia: latest raise of tobacco excise tax
- FRANCE: Minister of Health mobilizes the country for strong tobacco control
- Republic of the Congo: three new decrees adopted to implement the 2012 act
- Singapore increases excise duty on tobacco products by 10%
- Ukraine: the Parliament approved a 7-year tobacco tax increase plan
- Kenya: excise stamps required on all tobacco products
- Philippines: “Sin tax” on tobacco and alcohol turns out to be a success story
- Saudi Arabia imposes higher taxes on tobacco, as well as on restaurants and cafes selling tobacco
- Peru: tobacco specific excise more than doubled
- Ukraine: the Parliament praised the implementation of WHO FCTC at its 10th anniversary
- Palau: the National Code to allocate 10% of annual revenues from tobacco excise to pay for healthcare for nations aging and disabled populations
- Ukraine: continues to fight the tobacco industry by significantly increasing cigarette tax
- Gabon: multi-stakeholder meetings to promote tobacco control
- Needs assessment conducted in the Kingdom of Tonga
- Ghana: Increase in tobacco excise duties
- Palau: national coordination mechanism established
- Nigeria: Senate passes National Tobacco Control Bill
- China: Government raises tax rate on cigarettes to 11 percent
- Jamaica: long awaited increase in tobacco tax rate
- The Head of the Convention Secretariat meets the Health Minister of the Gambia
- Kyrgyzstan: New policies on taxation and pictorial warnings adopted
- Republic of Korea: Smoking ban extended
- Ghana Minister of Finance announces tobacco excise increase
- Joint needs assessment in the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic
- FINLAND Action plan to make the country smoke-free by 2040