and a purposive sample survey among tobacco-cultivating farmers. The overall smoking prevalence in Nepal for the …This study is based both on secondary and primary data. The primary data were collected using a smoking behavior survey … more likely to consume tobacco than their better-off counterparts, resulting in increased health hazards and the diversion …

This paper describes trends in tobacco use in Sri Lanka, assesses the economic contribution of the industry (jobs …

This study is based on different data sources but mainly on the Myanmar Study on Tobacco Economics 2001. Surveys of … smoking prevalence in Myanmar show varying results, but most suggest that over 50% of the population over the age of 15 smoke …, with figures being considerably higher among men than women. Cheroots are the most commonly used tobacco product (49% of …

This study examines the economics of tobacco production and demand in Egypt. It reviews previous studies of demand for … cigarettes in Egypt, consumption tends in Egypt, in the context of regional trends, and the data on tobacco-attributable diseases … expenditures on cigarettes and other tobacco products, by income level, education, rural/urban residence, works status and …

tobacco types. Significant differences in tobacco use are found across gender, age, policies, and between smoking and …Using state-level data for 1997, this paper studies the effectiveness of tobacco policies at reducing tobacco use … across different population groups in the USA. The effectiveness of tax (price)-based and non-price tobacco policies are …

If advocates of bans on tobacco advertising had their complete way, most would prohibit this product outright. But this … this paper several arguments in behalf of bans on tobacco advertising are considered, and all are found invalid …

From a tobacco control law and policy perspective, Japan has been doing it all wrong. Or so it might seem. At the very … least, tobacco control activists in Japan have had few successes obtaining the standard run of law and policy measures … disclosures, judicial awards of meaningful damages for death and disease caused by tobacco products, strict age …

The purpose of this article is to examine the existing tobacco uses in Bangladesh alongside with the control in … Bangladesh to explore the implications of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) for international pressure of … smoking in the developing countries, like Bangladesh. This paper also examines the legal issues are appropriate restriction on …