Tax and noncommunicable diseases attributable to tobacco and alcohol consumption in 5 Sub-Saharan African countries
The results indicate that increasing taxes on major health risk factors is necessary to reduce non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Implementing these tax increases will likely help achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3.4, which aims to reduce NCD mortality by one-third by the year 2030.
Authors
- Beatrice Lydia Matanje
- Thomas Nyirenda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4727-7130)
- Gowokani Chijere Chirwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0199-779X)
- Matsikachando Moyo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6834-5238)
Institutions
- South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
- University of Malawi (MW)
- Stellenbosch University (ZA)
- North-West University (ZA)
- National AIDS Commission (MW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-01-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1464897
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 19.35