The tobacco epidemic is a worldwide phenomenon with significantly destructive effects on developing, transitional, and industrialized nations. The first scientific evidence on the health consequences of tobacco consumption-specifically, smoking-was discovered in industrialized nations. As a...

The study examines prevalence of tobacco use in Estonia, expenditures by smokers, and the prevalence of prominent diseases for which tobacco use is an important risk factor. It estimates private and public direct and indirect costs associated with smoking in Estonia for 1998, looking at health...

China has a very high prevalence rate of cigarette smoking. According to a 1996 Chinese national survey, 63% of adult males (age 15 and over) and 3.8% of adult females were current smokers (Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, 1997). These prevalence rates indicate that there are over 320...

This is the first book that analyzes tobacco control policies in China from the perspectives of economics and health. For readers interested in the economic aspects of tobacco control policy issues not only in China but also in other developing countries, this book provides a comprehensive...

In 1988, California voters enacted Proposition 99, increasing the tax on cigarettes by 25 cents per pack effective January 1989. Proposition 99 also earmarked 20% of the revenue raised by this new tax for an anti-smoking media campaign and other educational programs to reduce tobacco use. The...

There is a potential bias in cross-sectional estimates of the effects of cigarette prices on cigarette consumption. States with the strongest antismoking sentiment will likely have the highest cigarette taxes, which result in the highest prices. Some of the lower consumption of cigarettes in...