However, we must wait until the first decade of the 2000s to have studies on the correlation between smoking habit and stress or risk factors in the office, with research that confirmed how periods with high load of work are decisive in the increase or the decrease in the number of cigarettes smoked daily
A study on tobacco taxation in Pakistan which was jointly conducted by FBR, World Bank, University of Toronto, Johns Hopkins University, University of Illinois at Chicago and Beaconhouse National University states that a uniform specific excise tax of Rs44 per pack of 20 cigarettes could reduce the number of smokers in the country by 13.2 percent, increase tax revenues by Rs39.5 billion, and most importantly lead to a reduction of 0.65 million early deaths which are caused by smoking every year
The GSTHR Briefing Paper serves as a valuable case study for other countries seeking to reduce smoking rates and improve public health outcomes
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19 Male active and passive smokers had thicker carotid arteries as well, and male active smokers had a 2.9-fold increase in the risk of having carotid plaque
