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DISTINGUISHING THE SOURCE OF MARKET POWER: AN APPLICATION TO CIGARETTE MANUFACTURING [PDF]
We compare nonparametric and nonstructural market power tests using data from the cigarette manufacturing industry. Tests are implemented to examine both monopoly and monopsony power exertion by cigarette manufacturers. Results indicate that market power
Love, H. Alan +2 more
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Highly Processed Foods in Binge‐Eating Episodes: The Importance of Improving Food Reporting
International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Over the past 60 years, the proportion of highly processed foods rich in refined carbohydrates and added fats in the food environment has increased, coinciding with a rise in binge eating. While past research has focused on individual vulnerabilities for binge eating, emerging evidence suggests highly processed foods may exacerbate ...
Ingrid A. Worth +4 more
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Vertical Equity Consequences of Very High Cigarette Tax Increases: If the Poor are the Ones Smoking, How Could Cigarette Tax Increases be Progressive? [PDF]
Cigarette smoking is concentrated among low income groups. Consequently, cigarette taxes are considered regressive. However, if poorer individuals are much more price sensitive than richer individuals, then tax increases would reduce smoking much more ...
Dahlia K. Remler, Greg Colman
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ESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 859-868, April 2025.Abstract Aims Natriuretic peptide‐based pre‐heart failure screening has been proposed in recent guidelines. However, an effective strategy to identify screening targets from the general population, more than half of which are at risk for heart failure or pre‐heart failure, has not been well established.
Yuichiro Mori +5 more
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Numerical study on the uniform distribution of flow field of airflow dryer
HeliyonThe uniformity of hot air flow inside the airflow dryer not only affects the moisture distribution at the outlet, but also affects the quality of the product.
Guanglu Yang +7 more
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Chronic smoke exposure is associated with autophagy in murine Peyer's patches [PDF]
, 2011 INTRODUCTION: Cigarette smoke causes oxidative stress, leading to smoke-induced autophagy in several organs. Autophagy is a homeostatic process regulating the turnover of proteins and cytoplasmatic organelles.
Allais, Liesbeth +5 more
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Electronic cigarettes (e‐cigarettes) [PDF]
CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2014 openaire +2 more sources
ESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 1447-1454, April 2025.This study analyzes 148 patients (66 women and 82 men) with chronic myeloid leukemia treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors, focusing on cardiovascular adverse events. The risk assessment, performed using the HFA/ICOS score, reveals sex‐specific differences: venous thrombosis is more common in women, while arterial thrombosis predominates in men.
Cristina Madaudo +10 more
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Social Reformers and Regulation: The Prohibition of Cigarettes in the U.S. and Canada [PDF]
The apogee of anti-smoking legislation in North America was reached early in the last century. In 1903, the Canadian Parliament passed a resolution prohibiting the manufacture, importation, and sale of cigarettes.
Lee J. Alston +2 more
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Epilepsia, EarlyView.Abstract Objective Cognitive disorder is common after stroke at a young age, especially in patients with poststroke epilepsy (PSE). Whether the causative mechanism is direct (due to epilepsy‐related network alterations) or indirect (due to effect‐modifiers such as stroke severity) is not fully understood.
Frederik J. Reitsma +26 more
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