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Mongolia: proportion of tobacco tax for health

¹ Otago University, Wellington, New Zealand
² Ministry of Health, Mongolia; nwilson@actrix.gen.nz

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In March 2007, Mongolia started to divert a proportion of its tobacco tax revenue towards a new health promotion foundation. This followed a tobacco control law that required that the foundation be established "to enhance healthy lifestyles and reduce tobacco consumption among the population."

In the debate leading up to the new law, it was reported that "some of the lawmakers insisted that the excise tax on tobacco should be accumulated in a national fund to fight hazards of tobacco and be used for anti-smoking advertising campaigns."

While the amount of funds for the new foundation are modest—2% of the tobacco tax revenue, or around US$180 000 per year—it represents a fairly rare move for a developing country. Only a few other such countries dedicate any of their tobacco tax revenue to health related purposes—Estonia, Poland, Egypt, Thailand, Korea, Taiwan and Qatar. All these have higher per capita incomes than . . . [Full text of this article]

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