Activity: Media article or participation, blog › Blog
Description
This blog translates research evidence on tobacco industry pricing strategies into an accessible format for policymakers, public health advocates, and wider non-academic audiences. Drawing on evidence from a systematic review of tobacco industry responses to excise tax policies, the blog highlights how tobacco companies use sophisticated pricing strategies to weaken the effectiveness of tobacco taxation, including differential tax shifting, product diversification, price manipulation, and other market strategies. It discusses the implications of these strategies for tobacco control policy and emphasises the need for governments to consider industry pricing behaviour when designing effective taxation policies to reduce tobacco affordability and consumption.