Tobacco products such as bidi and cigarette, both of which are smoked, cater to different kinds of households in India … patterns, socio-economic distribution and the household choice of a variety of tobacco products across rural and urban India …. Using a Multinomial Logit Model, we analyze the choice behavior of a household in deciding whether and which tobacco …

The aim of this paper is to examine if tobacco consumption crowds-out consumption of basic needs and whether it has … whether preference over other commodities for tobacco users and non users vary significantly. Using a nationally … representative household sample survey from India for the year 1999-2000, we analyze the pattern of spending on various groups of …

The tax base of tobacco in India is found to be heavily depended on about fifteen per cent of the tobacco users who … tobacco in India have become slightly more price responsive while elasticity of cigarettes and pan have stabilized. With some … represent cigarettes smokers. Non-cigarette tobacco products used by the majority of tobacco users are largely out of the tax …

with the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and India (“the ACI countriesâ€), are no strangers to this underlying trend … regional economies such as India and the Philippines. There is clear scope for policymakers to support expansion of this kind … General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). Conclusion of a services agreement with India could provide an additional spur …