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 …

represent cigarettes smokers. Non-cigarette tobacco products used by the majority of tobacco users are largely out of the tax …The tax base of tobacco in India is found to be heavily depended on about fifteen percent of the tobacco users who … net. Analysis of the price elasticity of various tobacco products would bring out the potential of tax as an instrument to …

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 … commodities by the status of tobacco consumption of households. Average per capita per diem intake of nutrients such as calorie …