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Politique d'augmentation des taxes sur les cigarettes au Cameroun: Comment réaliser à la fois les objectifs de santé publique et de recettes fiscales

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  • P.V. Nketcha Nana
  • Frank Kano Ndekouong
  • Jackson Ngwa Ediellé
  • Christophe Peguy Choub Faha

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L'augmentation des taxes sur les produits du tabac est largement promue comme politique efficace pour enrayer le tabagisme. Toutefois, les craintes que cette politique pourrait faire baisser les recettes fiscales contribuent à ralentir sa mise en œuvre dans la plupart des pays en développement. Cet article examine le problème dans le cas du Cameroun, notamment en essayant de déterminer le niveau optimal des taxes sur les cigarettes. À l'aide des données d'enquête auprès des fumeurs, nous estimons l'élasticité‐prix de la consommation des cigarettes, et nous simulons les effets que des hausses hypothétiques des taxes frappant les cigarettes pourraient avoir sur la consommation et les recettes fiscales. Les résultats permettent de souligner comment les pouvoirs publics pourraient, à travers une hausse substantielle des taxes sur les cigarettes, réaliser à la fois des objectifs de santé publique et de recettes fiscales. A higher taxation policy on tobacco products is widely promoted as one of the most effective policies to curb smoking. However, fears that such a policy could reduce tax revenues contribute to slow down its implementation in most developing countries. This paper examines the problem in the case of Cameroon, especially by trying to determine the optimal tax level on cigarettes. Using individual‐level survey data, we estimate the price elasticity of cigarette demand, and then we simulate the effects that hypothetical increases in cigarettes taxes would have on cigarette consumption and tax revenues. The results help to highlight how higher taxation on cigarettes could help the government achieve both the public health and public finance objectives.

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  • P.V. Nketcha Nana & Frank Kano Ndekouong & Jackson Ngwa Ediellé & Christophe Peguy Choub Faha, 2014. "Politique d'augmentation des taxes sur les cigarettes au Cameroun: Comment réaliser à la fois les objectifs de santé publique et de recettes fiscales," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 26(2), pages 250-263, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:afrdev:v:26:y:2014:i:2:p:250-263
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-8268.12079
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