46. Tobacco Addiction

Table 46.4: Reductions in Future Tobacco Deaths among Smokers Alive in 2000 from Price Increases of 33 Percent, Increased NRT Use, and a Package of Non-Price Measures by World Bank Region

Reductions in Future Tobacco Deaths among Smokers Alive in 2000 from Price Increases of 33 Percent, Increased NRT Use, and a Package of Non-Price Measures by World Bank Region
		Reduction in number of deaths (millions)
		33 percent price increase		NRT effectiveness		Non-price intervention effectiveness
World Bank region	Baseline smoking-attributable deaths (millions)	Low elasticity	High elasticity	1 percent	5 percent	2 percent	10 percent
East Asia and the Pacific (percent)	173	9.6 (5.5)	27.5 (15.9)	1.4 (0.8)	6.9 (4.0)	2.8 (1.6)	13.8 (8.0)
Europe and Central Asia (percent)	51	2.8 (5.6)	8.1 (16.0)	0.4 (0.8)	2.1 (4.0)	0.8 (1.6)	4.1 (8.1)
Latin America and the Caribbean (percent)	40	2.3 (5.8)	6.7 (16.8)	0.3 (0.8)	1.7 (4.2)	0.7 (1.7)	3.4 (8.5)
Middle East and North Africa (percent)	13	0.8 (5.8)	2.2 (16.6)	0.11 (0.8)	0.6 (4.2)	0.2 (1.7)	1.1 (8.4)
South Asia (percent)	62	2.9 (9.5)	8.5 (27.7)	0.4 (1.4)	2.2 (7.2)	0.9 (2.8)	4.3 (13.9)
Sub-Saharan Africa (percent)	23	1.3 (5.4)	3.7 (15.9)	0.2 (0.8)	0.9 (4.0)	0.4 (1.6)	1.8 (7.9)
Low- and middle-income countries (percent)	362	19.7 (5.4)	56.8 (15.7)	2.9 (0.8)	14.3 (4.0)	5.7 (1.6)	28.6 (7.9)
High-income countries (percent)	81	2.1 (2.6)	8.5 (10.6)	0.6 (0.8)	3.1 (3.8)	1.2 (1.5)	6.1 (7.6)
World (percent)	443	21.8 (4.9)	65.3 (14.8)	3.5 (0.8)	17.4 (3.9)	6.9 (1.6)	34.7 (7.8)

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