The WHO estimates that higher prices could generate up to $3.7 trillion in new global revenue over five years.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for higher prices on three food groups considered harmful to health: tobacco, alcohol and sugary drinks.
This is stated in a message on the WHO website.
The organization has launched the “3 to 35” campaign, which proposes to increase the price of the mentioned products by at least 50% by 2035 through higher taxes. The money is proposed to be reinvested in health care, education and social protection.
Tobacco, alcohol and sugary drinks are identified as major contributors to non-communicable diseases, particularly heart disease, cancer and diabetes, and are responsible for more than 75% of all deaths worldwide.
“Tobacco alone causes more than 7 million deaths every year,” says the WHO.
The organization calculated that raising the price of these three food categories by 50% could prevent 50 million premature deaths over the next 50 years.
The WHO estimates that higher prices could generate up to $3.7 trillion in new global revenue over five years, or an average of $740 billion per year, equivalent to 0.75% of global GDP.
Let us recall that earlier the WHO introduced new age criteria, according to which people under 45 years of age are considered young.
