Core Messages
January 1, 2016
Tobacco control does not impact overall employment significantly. Consumers who reduce spending on tobacco products will buy other goods and services, shifting jobs from one sector to another.
Source: NCI and WHO (U.S. National Cancer Institute and World Health Organization) (2016). The Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Control. National Cancer Institute Tobacco Control Monograph 21. NIH Publication No. 16-CA-8029A. Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute; and Geneva, CH: World Health Organization.