Table 1

Advantages of tobacco control policies that raise cigarette prices

Factors for assessing pricing policies	Large increases in excise duty	Large increase in duty plus harmonisation (across products and places)	Minimum pricing	Minimum excise tax	Ban on price promotion	Three policies combined	Three policies plus harmonisation
Administrative simplicity and ease of implementation and enforcement	✓✓✓	✓✓✓	✓✓	✓✓	✓	✓	✓
Reduced capacity for industry price manipulation	✓	✓✓	✓✓	✓✓	✓✓	✓✓	✓✓✓
Effectiveness in reducing availability of very cheap products	✓	✓✓	✓✓	✓✓	✓✓	✓✓✓	✓✓✓
Additional revenue for government which can be directed to cessation services for low-income smokers	✓✓	✓✓✓		✓✓		✓✓✓	✓✓✓
Overall potential effectiveness in reducing inequities between low and high-income groups	✓	✓✓	✓	✓	✓	✓✓✓	✓✓✓
Overall potential effectiveness in reducing smoking	✓✓	✓✓	✓	✓	✓	✓✓	✓✓✓

✓=slightly addresses this issue; ✓✓=moderately addresses; ✓✓✓=strongly addresses.