We analyse the major economic issues raised by the 1997 Tobacco Resolution and the ensuing proposed legislation that … were intended to settle tobacco litigation in the United States. By settling litigation largely in return for tax increases … argue that the legislation was not particularly focused on youth smoking, despite the rhetoric. However, contrary to …

The aim of this study is to explore the ethical dilemma associated with tobacco advertisement. Tobacco advertisement … first part, the tobacco industry was analyzed. By doing that, a background for the ethical judgments was set. In the second … part, the ethical assessment started from two stand points; ‘it is ethical to ban tobacco advertisements’ or ‘it is …

taxes lower rates of smokeless tobacco use, they substantially increase smoking among young men. For example, a ten … percentage point increase in the tax on smokeless tobacco would raise the smoking rate by 5.3% percent in this group. The … indoor air laws have no effect. Since smoking cigarettes is much more harmful than smokeless tobacco, higher taxes on …

The tobacco industry spends tens of billions of dollars per year on marketing and promotion of its deadly products … worldwide. The industry now targets women and youth in developing countries to use tobacco while influencing governments to … started its analysis by introducing the basic form of marketing and promotion strategies adopted by the tobacco industry …

We compare the ownership characteristics of tobacco stocks with their peers in the same country and industry group. We … find lower reported ownership for stocks in the tobacco industry, which suggests that anonymous investors are larger owners … of these sin stocks. Compared to peer stocks, U.S. and U.K. asset managers collectively overweight tobacco stocks, while …