Curbing the epidemic : governments and the economics of tobacco control /
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| Author / Creator: | Jha, Prabhat, 1965- |
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| Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c1999. |
| Description: | xii, 122 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Development in practice Development in practice (Washington, D.C.) |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3906171 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- Summary
- 1. 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
- 2. 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
- 3. 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
- 4. 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
- 5. Measures to Reduce the Supply of Tobacco
- The limited effectiveness of most supply-side interventions
- Firm action on smuggling
- 6. The Costs and Consequences of Tobacco Control
- Will tobacco control harm the economy?
- Is tobacco control worth paying for?
- 7. An Agenda for Action
- Overcoming political barriers to change
- Research priorities
- Recommendations
- Appendix A. Tobacco Taxation: A View from the International Monetary Fund
- Appendix B. Background Papers
- Appendix C. Acknowledgments
- Appendix D. The World by Income and Region (World Bank Classification)
- Bibliographic Note
- Bibliography
- Index
- Figures
- 1.1. Smoking is increasing in the developing world
- 1.2. Smoking is more common among the less educated
- 1.3. Smoking starts early in life
