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The 13th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health

Building capacity for a tobacco-free world

July 12-15, 2006, Washington, DC, USA



Saturday, July 15, 2006: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Room 305 (Convention Center)
Reducing Tobacco Consumption: Increasing Taxes and Eliminating Advertising
Moderator:Evan H. Blecher (South Africa)
8:30 AMEvidence to Increase Tobacco Tax in Vietnam
Hoang Van Kinh (Vietnam)
8:45 AMPrice Elasticity Estimates for Tobacco and Other Addictive Goods in India: Implications on Tobacco Taxation
Rijo M. John (India)
9:00 AMChallenges of Raising Tobacco Excises in Kazakhstan
Sabit Khakimzhanov (Kazakhstan)
9:15 AMWho Advises on Tobacco Tax Policy and How: a Case Study of Official Treasury and Health Advice in New Zealand
George W. Thomson (New Zealand), Nick Wilson (New Zealand)
9:30 AMDemand Analysis of Tobacco Consumption in Malaysia
Hana Ross (USA), Nabilla Al-Sadat (Malaysia)
9:45 AMEstimating the Cross-Country Demand for Cigarettes: a Re-Evaluation of Laugesen and Meads (1991) with Dynamic and Panel Econometrics
Evan H. Blecher (South Africa)

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