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In the past dozen years the regulatory systems surrounding the traditional vices of alcohol, tobacco, and gambling have been extensively overhauled in Russia, generally in the direction of tighter control. This paper surveys these reforms and assesses their impact. In the case of alcohol and...
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A sound understanding of the potency of tobacco control policies is key to tobacco prevention. This study exploits a Smoothed Instrumental Variables Quantile Regression estimator to gauge the effectiveness of tobacco control policies while addressing major methodological and data limitations...
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A reduction in tobacco use can lead to a smaller tobacco industry, which in turn can affect, in both desirable and undesirable ways, the total number and distribution of employment in a nation or a region. For this reason, the public health community should examine the employment aspect of...
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In this paper, we examine the dynamic effect of tobacco control policies on tobacco consumption using the recent implementation of such policies in Korea. The results show that such policies discretely reduce the incidence and amount of tobacco consumptions. We document that after the initial...
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The objective of this study was to assess the smoking situation in Brazil, and the role of the tobacco control program …, and compare it to experience in other countries. The study assessed key trends in smoking rates and lung cancer in Brazil … report. This study aimed at further evaluating the smoking situation in Brazil, the role of the tobacco control program in …
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