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Elasticidad precio de la demanda de cigarrillos y alcohol en Ecuador con datos de hogares
RESUMEN
Objetivo: Estimar la elasticidad precio de la demanda de cigarrillos y alcohol en Ecuador mediante la utilización de datos de corte transversal de la Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de Hogares Urbanos y Rurales (ENIGHUR)...
Price Elasticity of Demand for Cigarettes and Alcohol in Ecuador
ABSTRACT
Objective: Estimate price elasticity of demand for cigarettes and alcohol in Ecuador using cross-sectional data from the National Survey of Urban and Rural Household Income and Expenditures (ENIGHUR, Spanish acronym) 2011-2012.
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La política de drogas y el bien público
El uso de drogas tiene un impacto significativo en la salud publica a través de la enfermedad, discapacidad y problemas sociales, y los tomadores de decisión están cada vez más interesados en desarrollar políticas de drogas basados en...
Generating Revenue by Raising Tobacco Taxes in Latin America and the Caribbean
Abstract
Objective: The objective of this study was to determine if raising tobacco taxes in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region will generate extra tax revenue, even at outer edges of the sensitivity analysis, with relatively...
Most-Read Knowledge Share Articles of 2017
Here is a selection of the most-read Knowledge Share articles of 2017. These are the articles that captivated our members most.
The World Drug PERCEPTION Problem: Countering Prejudices about People Who Use Drugs
This new report focuses on how current perceptions of drugs and people that use them has led to an unrealistic and stigmatising, rather than pragmatic and evidence-based approach to drug policy.
The report aims to analyse the most common...
Effectiveness Bank Hot Topic: Measuring Alcohol-Related Harm: Politics and Science
At national level alcohol-related harm and especially the net cost of harm versus benefits are slippery concepts. Malleability and policy salience combine to make the estimates contested territory, seen as justifying reduced alcohol taxes...
Agenda Nacional de Investigación para la Lucha contra las Drogas 2016-2021
La Agenda Nacional de Investigación para la Lucha contra las Drogas 2016 - 2021 define líneas estratégicas y temáticas prioritarias de investigación que abarquen los diferentes aspectos y complejidades de la problemática de las drogas en el...
Tobacco and Its Environmental Impact: An Overview
Overview
This overview assembles existing evidence on the ways in which tobacco affects human well-being from an environmental perspective – i.e. the indirect social and economic damage caused by the cultivation, production, distribution...
Alcohol Marketing Regulation: From Research to Public Policy
Introduction
Alcohol marketing, promotion and sponsorship are widespread in most of the world today. Alcohol marketing is evolving constantly and utilizes multiple channels, including youth-oriented radio, television, sports events and...
"Effects of Drugs on Socio-Economic Conditions of Union Council Shoghore District Chitral, Pakistan"
Summary, Conclusion and Recommendations
Drug addiction is a pathological or abnormal condition which arises due to frequent or abnormal use of substances which affects human senses and decreased...
Alcohol Taxation Policy in Kyrgyzstan (2017)
Increasing the price of alcohol is one of the most effective policy measures to reduce overall consumption in a country, and hence to reduce the level of alcohol-related harm. Taxation is a common way to control the price of alcoholic...
Measuring Improvement in Knowledge of Drug Policy Reforms Following a Police Education Program in Tijuana, Mexico
Abstract
Background
Mexico’s 2009 “narcomenudeo reform” decriminalized small amounts of drugs, shifting some drug law enforcement to the states and mandating drug treatment diversion instead of incarceration. Data from Tijuana suggested...
The President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis
The Drug Addiction and Opioid Crisis
The primary goal of the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis is to develop an effective set of recommendations for the President to combat the opioid crisis and drug...
ISSUP Takes Part in the African Union Continental Consultation on Drug Demand Reduction
The African Union Continental Consultation on Drug Demand Reduction organised by the African Union took place in Tunisia from 1-3 November. ISSUP was invited to attend and contribute to the meeting through Jeff Lee, ISSUP’s Senior...
How Can We Demonstrate the Public Value of Evidence-Based Policy Making when Government Ministers Declare that the People ‘Have Had Enough of Experts’?
Abstract
Recent political campaigns on both sides of the Atlantic have led some to argue that we live in the age of ‘post-factual’ or ‘post-truth’ politics, suggesting evidence has a limited role in debate and public policy. How can we...
Tobacco Industry Strategies Undermine Government Tax Policy: Evidence from Commercial Data
Abstract
Objective: Taxation equitably reduces smoking, the leading cause of health inequalities. The tobacco industry (TI) can, however, undermine the public health gains realised from tobacco taxation through its pricing strategies. This...
Hotel Smoking Policies and Their Implementation
Abstract
Background
Most states in the U.S. permit hotels to allow smoking in some guest rooms, and only five (Indiana, Michigan, North Dakota, Vermont, and Wisconsin) require that all hotel and motel rooms be 100% smoke-free (State and...
Delinquency and Substance Misuse Among US Teens See Significant Decline
12- to 17-year-olds in the US are now far less likely to misuse alcohol, nicotine and illegal drugs. The same age group is also less prone to delinquent behaviours, such as stealing and fighting than the generation before. This is according...
Regressive or Progressive? The Effect of Tobacco Taxes in Ukraine
ABSTRACT
Tobacco taxes are usually considered regressive as the poorest individuals allocate larger shares of their budget towards the purchase of tobacco related products. However, because these taxes also discourage tobacco use, some of...
