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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



Thursday, July 13, 2006: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Room 203B (Convention Center)
Tobacco Economics: The Role of Price and Taxes on Tobacco Use
Moderator:Laura L. Feldman (USA)
3:30 PMTobacco smuggling, price elasticity of demand and socio-demographic considerations: the case of France
Christian BEN LAKHDAR (France), Pierre KOPP (France)
3:45 PMDriving Forces and Constraints for Tobacco Tax Policy: a Case Study of New Zealand
George W. Thomson (New Zealand), Nick Wilson (New Zealand)
4:00 PMPrice and consumption of tobacco: Germany, 1991-2004
Reiner Hanewinkel (Germany)
4:15 PMThe role of economic analysis in influencing tobacco policy
Anita Tang (Australia), Andrew Penman (Australia)
4:30 PMThe Impact of Cigarette Taxation on Cigarette Consumption in Taiwan: a Natural Experimental Study
Yi-Wen Tsai (Taiwan), Yu-Wen Wen (Taiwan)
4:45 PMImpact of Cigarette Excise Tax Increase on Cigarette Consumption and Tax Revenue in the State of Wyoming
Zafar D. Khan (USA)

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