excise tax increase on cigarettes. A cigarette tax increase is the single most effective and cost-efficient measure to reduce … smoking. The first objective of this paper is to estimate the price and income of consumption for cigarettes in Bulgaria by … and government revenues from cigarette taxes. A major concern among policymakers is that an increase in cigarette taxes …

knowledge, attitudes and practices concerning smoking among 1,630 students in 40 high schools in Madiun City, Malang City …, Jember Regency and Bangkalan Regency in 2003. Factors which predispose, enable, and reinforce smoking were examined to … smoking rate. Students were aware of the health risks associated with smoking but underestimated how addictive cigarettes are …

, focusing especially on the relationship between smoking behavior, cigarette prices, and other factors that can be affected by … factors with a statistically significant effect (increasing smoking) are: age, being male, owning cigarette promotional items … standardized school-based survey of teenage smoking behavior, attitudes and knowledge. This report presents background information …

associated with smoking in Estonia for 1998, looking at health care costs, fires, loss of household income, productivity losses … the relationship between cigarette prices (adjusted for inflation) and demand, including legal and illegal purchases by … Estonians and by foreign visitors to Estonia. The price elasticity of cigarette demand is estimated at -0.34, implying that each …

Smoking is the single largest cause of premature mortality in the developed world. Obtaining accurate estimates of … smoking's impacts in south east Europe (SEE) is hindered by the lack of accurate data.. None of the countries of the region … yet conduct regular national surveys of adult smoking prevalence and some have no recent nationally representative data …

smoking prevalence in Myanmar show varying results, but most suggest that over 50% of the population over the age of 15 smoke …

This paper first estimates the number of tobacco users in 2000 and cigarette consumption from 1970 to 2000 by regions … prevalence surveys or aggregate data. Secondly, prevalence (and its associated number of smokers) and cigarette consumption … cigarette consumption), as well as different assumptions about population and income growth. The results show that even if all …