Rising obesity rates are one of the most challenging public health issues in many emerging economies. The extent to … being the main driver. This highlights the importance of considering the food environment to inform public health policies …

The goal of this study is to examine cigarette affordability in Russia between 2002 and 2017 in order to provide an …

reduce tobacco consumption, raise government revenues, increase public health and promote income equality …

Despite the well-known positive effects of tobacco taxes on health outcomes, policy makers avoid relying on such taxes … reduction in medical expenditures and a rise in working years caused by a reduction in the rate of smoking among the population … on information taken from the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey-Higher School of Economics for 2010-16. One …

behaviors, in domains as varied as HIV/AIDS, drugs, alcohol, smoking, obesity, or early marriage prevention. This paper presents …Behaviors that are putting people's health and well-being at risk are widespread in the developing world and some of … them, like smoking and unhealthy diets, are on the rise. Some of these behaviors can be prohibited or prevented by taxation …

aim of reducing smoking prevalence across the population. These scenarios provide inputs for modeling the long-term health …

-attributable diseases, catastrophic health expenditures, and extreme poverty averted. The additional tax burden is, however, borne mostly by … the top income group in the 62 percent price increase scenario. Thus, tobacco taxes are an effective way to improve health …

: smoking is bad for your health.' Since October 4, 2012, large (50 percent of the pack surface area), graphic health …Smoking is a leading cause of preventable premature deaths. Smoking's effects will continue to devastate lives in many … countries, including Ukraine, if measures are not implemented to reduce its prevalence. Smoking is a major cause of many chronic …

President of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, discusses Russia's economy and it's global role. The collaboration between … Tomsk can be scaled up to become part of a global solution. Continuous learning is at the heart of these solutions. Russia … "science of delivery" to many issues. What is next for Russia's Economic Future? What is the strategy for replacing oil and gas …