Tobacco Economics in Myanmar
This study is based on different data sources but mainly on the Myanmar Study on Tobacco Economics 2001. Surveys of smoking prevalence in Myanmar show varying results, but most suggest that over 50% of the population over the age of 15 smoke, with...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/10/3548728/tobacco-economics-myanmar http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13633 |
| Summary: | This study is based on different data
sources but mainly on the Myanmar Study on Tobacco Economics
2001. Surveys of smoking prevalence in Myanmar show varying
results, but most suggest that over 50% of the population
over the age of 15 smoke, with figures being considerably
higher among men than women. Cheroots are the most commonly
used tobacco product (49% of all tobacco products consumed).
Cheroots are produced locally either by cottage industries
or by domestic companies. Recent trends in the price of
tobacco products show that the real prices of all tobacco
products have been declining. Econometric estimation shows
that smokers are very sensitive to an increase in prices
(price elasticity of demand is -1.62). In order effectively
to reduce tobacco consumption, real prices of tobacco
products need to be increased through heavier taxation, and
other proven tobacco control measures need to be strengthened. |
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