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Brazil Country Profile Summary: MPOWER Measures

Core Content Overview

This document provides an overview of Brazil's compliance with the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) through the MPOWER measures, which include Monitoring, Smoke-Free Environments, Cessation Programmes, Health Warnings, Mass Media Campaigns, and Advertising Bans. It also details the taxation and affordability of tobacco products in Brazil.

MPOWER Compliance Score

• M (Monitoring): Compliance score of 10 (Complete)
• P (Smoke-Free Environments): Compliance score of 10 (Complete)
• O (Cessation Programmes): Compliance score of 10 (Complete)
• W (Health Warnings): Compliance score of 6 (Moderate)
• E (Advertising Bans): Compliance score of 6 (Moderate)
• R (Taxation): Compliance score of 81.5% (Cigarettes less affordable since 2010)

MPOWER Compliance Color Key

• Complete measure: High level of compliance
• Moderate measure: Moderate level of compliance
• Minimal measure: Low level of compliance
• No policy or weak measure: No or weak compliance
• Not categorized/No data: No data or not categorized

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Adults (2019)

• Male: 16.2% current use, 15.9% daily use
• Female: 9.8% current use, 9.6% daily use
• Both sexes: 12.8% current use, 12.6% daily use

Adolescents (2015)

• Male: 6.7% current use, 5.3% daily use
• Female: 7.0% current use, 5.6% daily use
• Both sexes: 6.9% current use, 5.4% daily use

Smoke-Free Environments (2020)

• Health-care facilities: Complete (10)
• Educational facilities (except universities): Complete (9)
• Universities: Complete (8)
• Government facilities: Complete (10)
• Indoor offices and workplaces: Complete (10)
• Restaurants: Complete (9)
• Cafés, pubs and bars: Complete (9)
• Public transport: Complete (10)
• All other public places: Moderate (☆)
• Compliance score: 10
• Fines for smoking: Yes
• Fines on establishment: Yes
• Fines on smoker: No
• Funds for enforcement: No
• Complaint system: Yes

Cessation Programmes (2020)

• Toll-free quit line: Yes
• Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT): Legally sold, available in pharmacies without Rx, fully covered by health insurance
• Bupropion: Legally sold, available in pharmacies with Rx, fully covered by health insurance
• Varenicline: Legally sold, not covered by health insurance
• Smoking cessation support available in:
  • Health clinics or other primary care facilities: Yes in some
  • Hospitals: Yes in some
  • Office of a health professional: No
  • In the community: Yes in some
  • Other: No
• Coverage of cessation support:
  • Health clinics or other primary care facilities: Fully covered
  • Hospitals: Fully covered
  • Office of a health professional: —
  • In the community: No
  • Other: —

Health Warnings on Tobacco Packages (2020)

• Mandatory health warnings: Yes
• Percentage of principal display area covered:
  • Cigarettes: 65% (front and rear combined), 100% on front
  • Other smoked tobacco: 65% (front and rear combined), 100% on front
  • Smokeless tobacco: 65% (front and rear combined), — on front
• Font style, size, and colour: Yes
• Rotating health warnings: Yes
• Language: Yes
• No obscuring of warnings: Yes
• Photographs or graphics: Yes
• Warning on each package: Yes
• Apply to all tobacco products: Yes
• Specific health warnings: 9 approved
• Fines for violations: Yes
• Ban on misleading terms: Yes
• Ban on figurative signs: Yes
• Ban on flavor descriptors: Yes
• Ban on emission yield display: Yes
• Mandate qualitative information: Yes
• Display on principal areas: No

Advertising and Promotion Bans (2020)

• Direct advertising bans:
  • National TV and radio: Yes (10)
  • International TV and radio: Yes (interpreted)
  • Local magazines and newspapers: Yes (9)
  • International magazines and newspapers: Yes (interpreted)
  • Billboards and outdoor advertising: Yes (10)
  • Advertising at point of sale: Yes (4)
  • Internet advertising: Yes
  • Other direct bans: Yes
• Compliance score for direct bans: 7
• Fines for violations: Yes
• Indirect advertising bans:
  • Free distribution: Yes (8)
  • Promotional discounts: Yes (8)
  • Non-tobacco products identified with tobacco brand names: Yes (10)
  • Brand name of non-tobacco products used for tobacco products: Yes (9)
  • Appearance of tobacco brands in TV and films: Yes (7)
  • Appearance of tobacco products in TV and films: No
  • Prescribed anti-tobacco ads: No
  • Complete ban on sponsorship: Yes (7)
  • Ban on sponsorship contributions: No
  • Ban on publicizing sponsorship: Yes
  • Ban on CSR activities: No
  • Tobacco companies publicizing CSR: Yes
  • Entities publicizing CSR of tobacco companies: Yes
  • Tobacco companies funding prevention campaigns: No
• Compliance score for indirect bans: 5
• Ban on tobacco vending machines: No
• Ban on internet sales: Yes

Tobacco Taxation and Affordability

• Taxation of cigarettes (2020):
  • Price of lowest cost brand: BRL 5.00
  • Price of premium brand: BRL 8.25
• Taxes on most sold brand of cigarettes (2020):
  • Total taxes: 81.55% of retail price
  • Specific excise: 28.57%
  • Ad valorem excise: 10.00%
  • VAT/sales tax: 32.00%
  • Import duty: 0.00%
  • Other taxes (PIS/PASEP, COFINS): 10.97%
• Affordability:
  • Cigarettes less affordable since 2010: Yes
  • Trend change in affordability: No change

Earmarked Tobacco Taxes

• No earmarking of tobacco taxes for health reported

Supplementary Tax Information

• Type of excise applied: Mixed excise
• Uniform excise tax: Yes
• Greater reliance on specific tax: Yes
• Minimum specific tax in mixed excise: No
• Retail price as base for ad valorem: Yes
• Specific tax adjusted for inflation: No
• Price dispersion (cheapest vs. premium): 60.61%
• Duty-free cigarette sales banned: No

Annual Tax Revenues (2019)

• Total excise (specific and ad valorem): BRL 5,385,400,000.00
• VAT and other sales taxes: Not reported
• Import duties: Not reported
• All other taxes: BRL 1,511,000,000.00

Key Information

• Population: 212,559,409
• Income group: Middle-income
• National tobacco control programme: Exists as of 31 December 2020
• National agency for tobacco control: Yes
• Full-time equivalent staff: 25
• Government expenditures on tobacco control (2015): BRL 33,700,000

Summary of MPOWER Measures