| Description |
xii, 122 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Development in practice |
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Development in practice (Washington, D.C.)
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| Contents |
Global Trends in Tobacco Use -- The Costs and Consequences of Tobacco Control -- Rising consumption in low-income and middle-income countries -- Regional patterns in smoking -- Smoking and socioeconomic status -- Age and the uptake of smoking -- Global patterns of quitting -- The Health Consequences of Smoking -- The addictive nature of tobacco smoking -- The disease burden -- Long delays between exposure and disease -- How smoking kills -- The epidemic varies in place as well as in time -- Smoking and the health disadvantage of the poor -- The risks from others' smoke -- Quitting works -- Do Smokers Know Their Risks and Bear Their Costs? -- Awareness of the risks -- Youth, addiction, and the capacity to make sound decisions -- Costs imposed on others -- Appropriate responses for governments -- Dealing with addiction -- Measures to Reduce the Demand for Tobacco -- Raising cigarette taxes -- Nonprice measures to reduce demand: consumer information, bans on advertising and promotion, and smoking restrictions -- Nicotine replacement therapy and other cessation interventions -- Measures to Reduce the Supply of Tobacco -- The limited effectiveness of most supply-side interventions -- Firm action on smuggling -- The Costs and Consequences of Tobacco Control -- Will tobacco control harm the economy? -- Is tobacco control worth paying for? -- An Agenda for Action -- Overcoming political barriers to change -- Research priorities -- Recommendations -- Tobacco Taxation: A View from the International Monetary Fund. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-118) and index. |
| Subject |
Tobacco use -- Government policy.
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Tobacco use -- Government policy -- Cost effectiveness.
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| Added Author |
Chaloupka, Frank J., IV.
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| ISBN |
0821345192 |
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