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Tobacco industry strategies undermine government tax policy: evidence from commercial data

Tobacco Control, 2017
Objective Taxation equitably reduces smoking, the leading cause of health inequalities. The tobacco industry (TI) can, however, undermine the public health gains realised from tobacco taxation through its pricing strategies.
R. Hiscock, J. Branston, A. McNeill, A. McNeill, S. Hitchman, S. Hitchman, Timea Partos, Timea Partos, A. Gilmore   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Changes in Alcohol Retail Laws and Foot Traffic at Liquor Stores

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We study how expanding alcohol availability at grocery and convenience stores affects consumer traffic in liquor stores by leveraging recent changes in state‐level alcohol distribution laws in a difference‐in‐difference quasi‐experimental design.
Nathan Palardy, Marco Costanigro, Joshua Berning, Jude Bayham   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evolution of Pyrolysis Characteristics and Gas Components of Biochar Prepared by Either Mixing or Layering Rice Husk with Inert Aluminum Oxide

BioResources, 2023
A comparison of pyrolysis characteristics and gas product evolution of biochar with different packing arrangements was investigated. Pyrolysis properties and released gas products of rice husk char were obtained by particles in two different modes of ...
Wenfeng Liu, Bichen Liu, Yaohua Zhang, Baojun Yi, Hongyun Hu, Qizhou Fan, Chenqiao Li, Hui Liu   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Embedding-Enhanced Graph Attention Networks for Imbalanced Industrial Fault Diagnosis

IEEE Access
Intricate nonlinear interactions among measurements and imbalanced distribution of fault samples pose considerable challenges for accurate fault diagnosis in modern industrial processes.
Chi Zhang, Yuliang Li, Lifeng Fan, Lixiang Shen, Ting Qin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Research on the Construction Path of the Target Management System of the Party Building Work in the Tobacco Industry

, 2022
Yang Guo
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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, Raper, Kellie Curry, Shumway, C. Richard   +2 more
core   +1 more source

‘Pro-tobacco propaganda’: a case study of tobacco industry-sponsored elementary schools in China

Tobacco Control, 2018
Background China is the largest producer and consumer of tobacco products worldwide. While direct marketing and advertisement of tobacco products is restricted, indirect marketing still exists under the guise of sponsorship and corporate social ...
Jennifer Fang, Gonghuan Yang, X. Wan
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The impact of the Russia–Ukraine war on stock prices, profits and perceptions in the food supply chain

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 had profound consequences for the global economy. As both countries are major commodity exporters, the food value chain was also affected. This study investigates the impact of the invasion on stock prices, profitability and sentiments of agribusinesses along the food supply chain by using an ...
Julia Höhler, Ivo Harmens, Alfons Oude Lansink   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microbial community analysis of mildewed cigar tobacco leaves from high-throughput sequencing data

Annals of Microbiology
Background Cigar tobacco leaves contain abundant bacteria and fungi that are vital for their quality. In this study, the microbial communities were analyzed in the artificial mildewed cigar tobacco leaves of different mildew stages (healthy control ...
Min Wei, Youzhi Shi, Xuyan Song, Lin Rong, Ziwei Li, Jing Li, Bo Wang, Bifeng Chen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

India–United States Agricultural Trade Under the America‐First Agenda

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines India–United States agricultural trade under the America‐First agenda, highlighting trade patterns, tariff structures, and potential impacts of United States trade policies. Total agricultural trade remains modest at $7 billion annually, with India imposing higher tariffs (average 39%) than the United States (5%).
Badri N. Gopalakrishnan, Munisamy Gopinath, Kannan Kumar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source