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The health, poverty, and financial consequences of a cigarette price increase among 500 million male smokers in 13 middle income countries: compartmental model study

BMJ 2018; 361 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k1162 (Published 11 April 2018) Cite this as: BMJ 2018;361:k1162

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Price increase in tobacco tax is very important in Sri Lanka. We did this in 2016, increasing the tax approximately 75%

We found that at the end of 2017 there was more than 25% cessation among middle income and low income groups

The main problem is the tobacco industry playing a big role with political leaders and media against this

Competing interests: No competing interests

18 May 2018
Samantha Kumara Kithalawaarachchi
Director General
Presidential Task Force for Drug Prevention Sri Lanka
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