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The impoverishing effect of Tobacco use in Albania
The impoverishing effect of Tobacco use in Albania
Authors:Elvina Merkaj, Edvin Zhllima, Drini Imamirović
Tirana, November 2, 2022
Motivation of the study
- National poverty estimates are an important political variable - the estimate of the percentage of poor determines the course of development policy debates in several countries.
- Tobacco use is one of the major factors that hinder a nation’s ability to achieve poverty reduction goals.
- Money spent on tobacco is highly unproductive and increases tobacco-related diseases, the resulting increased healthcare costs and the loss of income due to premature deaths and morbidity further add to the burden of poverty.
Aim of the study
We propose to quantify the direct impact of tobacco spending on poverty measures: like poverty head counts and poverty gap, taking into account tobacco expenditures and health expenditures attributed to smoking using HBS 2017 data.
