TaxIntellilytics Stories

The dispatch book · File 032 · last verified 28 October 2026

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File 032 · from BMJ Open · to UBOS

Collect household expenditure data on tobacco products other than cigarettes.

2,798days in the tray, no public evidence of actionRecommended 1 Mar 2019

Evidence slip

Sent01.03.19ReviewedLawDone

From BMJ Open · to Uganda Bureau of Statistics · Excise

“the statistical authorities in Uganda consider collecting expenditure information on other types of tobacco products”

Discussion, PDF p.7

The desks

Sent01.03.19Does cigarette demand respond to price increases in Uganda? …
Reviewed
no evidence
Law
no evidence
Funded
no evidence
Under way
no evidence
Done
no evidence
Evaluated
no evidence

Sent, 1 March 2019. Recommended in Does cigarette demand respond to price increases in Uganda? Price elasticity estimates using the Uganda National Panel Survey and Deaton's method (Discussion, PDF p.7).

The route slip

From finding to result, link by link

Each box is one link of the reform chain. ✓ documented; ? claimed but not documented; · no evidence yet, with what it needs. This file stops at: Legal power.

  1. FindingDocumentedThe national panel survey does not separate other tobacco products, so cross-price effects of cigarette taxes cannot be estimated.
  2. ProblemDocumentedTaxing cigarettes may shift demand to other tobacco products that are not measured.
  3. RecommendationDocumented"the statistical authorities in Uganda consider collecting expenditure information on other types of tobacco products" (BMJ Open (Chelwa, van Walbeek), Discussion, PDF p.7)
  4. Legal powerNo evidence yetneeds the provision giving the institution power to act
  5. InstitutionNamedUganda Bureau of Statistics
  6. ActionNo evidence yetneeds a dated decision, response or delivery document
  7. OutputNo evidence yetneeds a published output measure
  8. OutcomeNo evidence yetneeds an outcome measure with a baseline
  9. EvaluationNo evidence yetneeds an evaluation with a stated method

Why it was recommended

Finding. The national panel survey does not separate other tobacco products, so cross-price effects of cigarette taxes cannot be estimated.

Problem. Taxing cigarettes may shift demand to other tobacco products that are not measured.

Strength of the evidence behind it: medium.

Who has the power to act

Uganda Bureau of Statistics. The legal power to act has not yet been checked in an Act, so this file cannot move beyond sent until it is.

Sources

  • Does cigarette demand respond to price increases in Uganda? Price elasticity estimates using the Uganda National Panel Survey and Deaton's method
    BMJ Open (Chelwa, van Walbeek) · 2019-03-01 · Discussion, PDF p.7
    https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026150