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Overview of Tobacco Use, Tobacco Control Legislation, and Taxation
, 2019 This brief provides an overview of tobacco control legislation, use, and taxation in the country. Costa Rica ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in 2008. General Law for the Control of
World Bank Group
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Tobacco taxes as a tobacco control strategy [PDF]
Tobacco Control, 2012 Increases in tobacco taxes are widely regarded as a highly effective strategy for reducing tobacco use and its consequences.The voluminous literature on tobacco taxes is assessed, drawing heavily from seminal and recent publications reviewing the evidence on the impact of tobacco taxes on tobacco use and related outcomes, as well as that on tobacco tax
Frank J, Chaloupka +2 more
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Tobacco Control in Turkey [PDF]
Turkish Thoracic Journal/Türk Toraks Dergisi, 2015 This report was prepared by WHO within the framework of the Bloomberg Global Tobacco Control Initiative in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the Tobacco and Alcohol Market Regulatory Authority in Turkey. It outlines the current state of tobacco-smoking in Turkey, including the health and social aspects, epidemiological data and economic ...
BOSTAN, Pinar +8 more
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The Lancet Public Health, 2023 Chinese men consume around 40% of the world's cigarettes, causing a substantial and growing burden of tobacco-attributed death and disease. In 2005, the Chinese Government ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, and tobacco control measures have since increased nationwide.
Ka Hung, Chan +4 more
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Tobacco control in Australia [PDF]
Tobacco Control, 2003 What is special about Australia? Sporting teams that usually win, poisonous snakes, and aggressive crocodiles all come to mind. But the country is also a world leader in tobacco control, as signified by the picture on the front cover. The detached eye was one of the iconic images used in a national tobacco control campaign notable for its media ...
A, Woodward, I, Kawachi
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Smuggling as the "key to a combined market": British American Tobacco in Lebanon. [PDF]
, 2008 OBJECTIVES: To understand the strategy of British American Tobacco (BAT) and other transnational tobacco companies (TTCs) to gain access to the Lebanese market, which has remained relatively closed under monopoly ownership and political instability ...
Nakkash, R. +7 more
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The Lancet, 2013 For the purpose of this article, Asia refers to WHO's combined South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions and thus includes Australia and New Zealand. Asia has the highest number of tobacco users and is the prime target of transnational tobacco companies. The future of global tobacco control rests in this region and the challenges are clear.
Mackay, Judith +2 more
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From silos to policy coherence: tobacco control, unhealthy commodity industries and the commercial determinants of health [PDF]
, 2022 Tobacco control has achieved remarkable successes, underpinned by the distinctive norms codified in Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
Hill, Sarah E. +7 more
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Tobacco control yields clear dividends for health and wealth. [PDF]
, 2008 Kelley Lee discusses a research article by Stanton Glantz and colleagues reporting that investment in tobacco control programs leads to substantial savings in health care ...
Lee, Kelley, Lee Kelley, Kelley Lee
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Tobacco control: overview [PDF]
British Medical Bulletin, 1996 This chapter assesses the principal components of an effective tobacco control programme in relation to efficacy, reach (i.e. numbers of smokers influenced) and cost-effectiveness. National targets for the reduction of prevalence are most likely to be achieved through the use of high reach interventions such as fiscal policy and mass communications ...
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