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Effect of varying tax and pass-on rates on health effects
| Tax rate | ||||
| 15% | 20% | 25% | ||
| Life years gained | ||||
| Pass-on rate | 80% | 6 to 345 | 8 to 777 | 9 to 921 |
| 90% | 7 to 339 | 9 to 514 | 12 to 415 | |
| 100% | 7 to 731 | 9 to 921 | 14 to 755 | |
| Deaths averted | ||||
| Pass-on rate | 80% | 1 to 100 | 1 to 510 | 1 to 722 |
| 90% | 1 to 262 | 1 to 642 | 2 to 133 | |
| 100% | 1 to 335 | 1 to 722 | 2 to 526 | |
