Health and economic impacts of introducing specific excise tax to waterpipe tobacco in Egypt: a simulation model of simple and mixed tax policy approaches

• Ramzi G Salloum,
• Mohammed Jawad,
• Aya Mostafa,
• Rima Nakkash,
• Niveen ME Abu-Rmeileh,
• Yousef S Khader,
• Ali Chalak,
• Ruba Abla

Affiliations

Ramzi G Salloum

Department of Health Promotion and Community Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Mohammed Jawad

Public Health Policy Evaluation Unit, Imperial College London, London, UK

Aya Mostafa

5 Department of Community, Environmental, and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Rima Nakkash

Department of Health Promotion and Community Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Niveen ME Abu-Rmeileh

2 Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, Ramallah, Occupied Palestinian Territory

Yousef S Khader

Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan

Ali Chalak

Department of Agriculture, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Ruba Abla

Department of Health Promotion and Community Health, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon