Yuwei Liu, Ti Liu, Mingxiao Yao, Zengqiang Kou, Renpeng Li
Exploring barriers to influenza vaccine uptake and recommendation among healthcare providers in the community in China: A qualitative study
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market heated tobacco products htps grown markedly recent years many governments started tax htps regulate use evaluate impacts htp taxes tobacco use behaviors health consequences first need assess effectively raise htp prices tax system also taxes cigarettes study jointly evaluates passthrough taxes prices htps cigarettes use unique database statutory htp cigarette taxes retail prices marlborobranded heated tobacco units cigarettes 2014 2021 developed campaign tobacco free kids countries htps sold estimate passthrough taxes prices employ seemingly unrelated regressions model also use event study test impact introducing htps cigarette markets well amending tax codes include htps prices price gaps currently debate whether htps taxed comparison cigarettes considers potential harm reduction impact countries tax htps much lower rates cigarettes order keep htp prices lower cigarette prices however direct passthrough rate htp taxes prices several times smaller cigarettes resulting similar unit prices htps cigarettes cigarette taxes overshifted cigarette prices htp taxes undershifted htp prices suggesting tax gaps two products translate price gaps results overall suggest lower taxes htps lead lower prices compared cigarettes unlikely incentivize cigarette smokers transition htps lower costs scenario taxing products equivalently could option raise additional tax revenue