ArticleAmerican journal of public health2007
Transnational tobacco company influence on tax policy during privatization of a state monopoly: British American Tobacco and Uzbekistan.
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- The evolution of health warning labels on cigarette packs: the role of precedents, and tobacco industry strategies to block diffusion.Tobacco control · 2014Article
- Minnesota smokers' perceived helpfulness of 2009 federal tobacco tax increase in assisting smoking cessation: a prospective cohort study.BMC public health · 2013Article
- Price and tax measures and illicit trade in the framework convention on tobacco control: what we know and what research is required.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2013Review
- Understanding the vector in order to plan effective tobacco control policies: an analysis of contemporary tobacco industry materials.Tobacco control · 2012Article
- British American Tobacco's partnership with Earthwatch Europe and its implications for public health.Global public health · 2012Review
- Tobacco industry manipulation of tobacco excise and tobacco advertising policies in the Czech Republic: an analysis of tobacco industry documents.PLoS medicine · 2012Article
- 'A major lobbying effort to change and unify the excise structure in six Central American countries': How British American Tobacco influenced tax and tariff rates in the Central American Common Market.Globalization and health · 2011Article
- A review of the impacts of tobacco industry privatisation: Implications for policy.Global public health · 2011Review
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Abstract
objectivesThe International Monetary Fund encourages privatization of state-owned tobacco industries. Privatization tends to lower cigarette prices, which encourages consumption. This could be countered with effective tax policies. We explored how investment by British American Tobacco (BAT) influenced tax policy in Uzbekistan during privatization there.
methodsWe obtained internal documents from BAT and analyzed them using a hermeneutic process to create a chronology of events.
resultsBAT thoroughly redesigned the tobacco taxation system in Uzbekistan. It secured (1) a reduction of approximately 50% in the excise tax on cigarettes, (2) an excise system to benefit its brands and disadvantage those of its competitors (particularly Philip Morris), and (3) a tax stamp system from which it hoped to be exempted, because this would likely facilitate its established practice of cigarette smuggling and further its competitive advantage..
conclusionsPrivatization can endanger effective tobacco excise policies. The International Monetary Fund should review its approach to privatization and differentiate the privatization of an industry whose product kills from privatization of other industries.
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