ArticleTobacco prevention & cessation2020
Key factors in achieving increased tobacco taxation: Experience from the island of Saint Helena.
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Concerted efforts by government officials and technical assistance from the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Secretariat Knowledge Hub on Tobacco Taxation and Illicit Trade, resulted in an increase in tobacco taxation in Saint Helena during 2019. This formed part of a broader package of Tobacco Control measures to reduce the burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCD) on the island. We elaborate on key contextual and contributing factors that resulted in positive policy change in a relatively short period of time. These included political support for a strategic approach to address prevalent NCD in the context of an ageing population, high overseas health care costs and Overseas Development Aid dependency. Previous experience of impact from sugar-sweetened beverage taxation when combined with wider system measures, and the similar accompaniment of the tobacco taxation proposals with wider measures, encouraged policymakers to use tobacco taxation to curb cigarette consumption. These factors created readiness, and tailored technical assistance from an international, donor-funded partner and specifically modelling to provide evidence-based predictions of impact augmented confidence of policy benefit and enabled passage. This experience may serve as a point of reference for other countries that wish to implement similar policy changes.
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