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13.13 Best practice recommendations and future directions for tobacco price and tax policy
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Relevant news and research: Best practice recommendations and future directions for tobacco price and tax policy

Darsamo, V., Chisha, Z., Arroyo, G. B. and van Walbeek, C. (2026). Making cigarette taxes more effective in Mozambique: A simulation analysis using the Tobacco Excise Tax Simulation Model (TETSiM). PLoS One, 2, e0341079. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41628135


Chen, R. K. L., Morris, D., Angus, C., Gilmore, A., Hiscock, R., Holmes, J., Langley, T. E., Pryce, R., Wilson, L. B., Brennan, A. and Gillespie, D. (2026). Reducing the exceptional affordability of hand-rolling tobacco using tax escalators: a health and economic impact modelling study for England. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41494920


Gendall, P., Branston, J. R. and Hoek, J. (2026). The case against duty-free tobacco sales: an analysis from Aotearoa (New Zealand). Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41587826


Diaz, M. C., Huang, J., Mills, S. D., Golden, S. D. and Ribisl, K. M. (2025). Changes in Price, Consumption, Prevalence and State Revenue of Transitioning Cigarette Sales to State-Controlled Outlets. Am J Prev Med, 108078. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40882782


Gillespie, D., Morris, D., Angus, C., Wilson, L. B., Chen, R. K. L., Leeming, G., Holmes, J. and Brennan, A. (2025). Model-based appraisal of the potential effects of minimum pricing for tobacco in Scotland. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40533182


World Health Organization (2025). WHO launches bold push to raise health taxes and save millions of lives. . Available from: https://www.who.int/news/item/02-07-2025-who-launches-bold-push-to-raise-health-taxes-and-save-millions-of-lives


Lin, S. Y., Purohit, H., Koch, R., Barnes, A. J., Hayes, R. B., Zhao, X. and Xue, H. (2025). Assessing the effects of minimum floor price laws on tobacco use among youth in the state of Virginia, USA: an agent-based simulation approach. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40185631


White, J. S., Atherwood, S. and Apollonio, D. E. (2024). Effect of a minimum floor price law for tobacco products on tobacco sales in Oakland, California, USA: a synthetic difference-in-differences analysis. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39732502


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