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Fiscal Impact of Smoking Cessation in Thailand: A Government Perspective Cost-Benefit Analysis

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2018

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Article

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10105395

DOI

10.1177/1010539518768332

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Bibliographic Citation

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health. Vol 30, No.4 (2018), p.342-350

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Connolly M.P., Kotsopoulos N., Suthipinijtham P., Rungruanghiranya S. Fiscal Impact of Smoking Cessation in Thailand: A Government Perspective Cost-Benefit Analysis. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health. Vol 30, No.4 (2018), p.342-350. doi:10.1177/1010539518768332 Retrieved from: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14740/5489

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Fiscal Impact of Smoking Cessation in Thailand: A Government Perspective Cost-Benefit Analysis

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Connolly M.P.
 Kotsopoulos N.
 Suthipinijtham P.
 Rungruanghiranya S.

Abstract

We evaluate the broader public economic consequences of investments in smoking cessation that change lifetime productivity, which can influence future government tax revenue and social transfer costs and health care spending. The analysis applies a government perspective framework for assessing the intergenerational relationships between morbidity and mortality and lifetime tax revenue and social transfers received. Applying smoking prevalence in Thailand, a cohort model was developed for smoker and former smokers to estimate impact on lifetime direct taxes and tobacco taxes paid. Age-specific earnings for males and wage appropriate tax rates were applied to estimate net taxes for smokers and former smokers. Introducing smoking cessation leads to lifetime public economic benefits of THB13 998 to THB43 356 per person depending on the age of introducing smoking cessation. Factoring in the costs of smoking cessation therapy, an average return on investment of 1.35 was obtained indicating fiscal surplus generated for government from the combined effect of increased tax revenues and of averting smoking-attributable health care costs. © 2018, 2018 APJPH.

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Adult
 Article
 Cost benefit analysis
 Government
 Health care cost
 Human
 Investment
 Major clinical study
 Male
 Morbidity
 Mortality
 Prevalence
 Productivity
 Smoking cessation
 Smoking regulation
 Tax
 Thailand
 Cohort analysis
 Cost benefit analysis
 Economics
 Epidemiology
 Female
 Government
 Health care cost
 Middle aged
 Mortality
 Smoking
 Smoking cessation
 Statistics and numerical data
 Thailand
 Tobacco
 Adult
 Cohort Studies
 Cost-Benefit Analysis
 Female
 Government
 Health Care Costs
 Humans
 Male
 Middle Aged
 Smoking
 Smoking Cessation
 Taxes
 Thailand
 Tobacco Products

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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14740/5489

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