Mark Goodchild
World Health Organization
18 Papers
9 Citations
Mark Goodchild is an academic researcher from World Health Organization. The author has contributed to research in topics: Excise & Tobacco control. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 18 publications.
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Papers
Global economic cost of smoking-attributable diseases
TL;DR: Smoking imposes a heavy economic burden throughout the world, particularly in Europe and North America, where the tobacco epidemic is most advanced, and the urgent need for countries to implement stronger tobacco control measures to address these costs is highlighted.
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Modelling the impact of raising tobacco taxes on public health and finance.
TL;DR: Tobacco taxation can prevent millions of smoking-attributable deaths throughout the world and contribute to achieving the sustainable development goals, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
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Early assessment of China's 2015 tobacco tax increase.
Mark Goodchild,Rong Zheng +1 more
TL;DR: The 2015 tax increase shows that tobacco taxation can provide measurable benefits to both public health and finance in China and highlights the potential for tobacco taxation to contribute to China’s broader development targets, including the sustainable development goals and Healthy China 2030.
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Potential impact of eliminating illicit trade in cigarettes: a demand-side perspective
TL;DR: The illicit cigarette market reflects a complex interplay between supply and demand, with an array of different country conditions, and this study highlights the contribution that the elimination of illicit trade can make to tobacco control through demand reduction while at the same time generating significant tax revenues.
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Estimated impact of the GST on tobacco products in India
TL;DR: The GST has increased the complexity of the tax system for tobacco products in India and therefore, for cigarettes, the specific cess must be revised regularly to protect revenue and keep real prices from falling.
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