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Kazakhstan Announces Changes in Tobacco Excise Taxes
Earlier this year, the Kazakh State Revenue Committee announced various excise tax changes for tobacco and alcohol products, which will go into effect in the 2022 tax year.
An article on the World Bank Group pointed out that while the tobacco taxation policy practiced in Kazakhstan in 2003-2013 resulted in increased tobacco excise revenues, it was evidently not effective in terms of public health, as it did not lead to a decrease in cigarette consumption.
Increased tobacco excise revenues were not effective in terms of public health, as they did not lead to a decrease in cigarette consumption.In 2014, tobacco excise taxes were drastically increased and tobacco affordability substantially reduced, and this resulted in a decline in tobacco sales and smoking prevalence in the country. However, in 2015-2019 the nation returned to a policy of moderate tax increases. The reduction in tobacco affordability in 2015 w