The economics of global tobacco control

doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7257.358

BMJ 2000;321:358-361 ( 5 August )

Clinical review

The economics of global tobacco control

Prabhat Jha, senior scientist ^a, Frank J Chaloupka, professor of economics ^b.

^a Economics Advisory Service, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland, ^b University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

Correspondence to: P Jha jhap@who.int

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Few people now dispute that smoking is damaging human health on a global scale.¹ However, many governments have avoidedtaking action to control smoking $---$ such as higher taxes $---$ becauseof concerns that their interventions might have harmful economicconsequences, such as permanent joblosses.

In 1997 the World Bank, in partnership with the World Health Organization, began a global study on the economics of tobaccocontrol. A team of over 40 economists, epidemiologists, and tobaccocontrol experts critically examined the current state of knowledgeabout tobacco control. The aim was to provide a sound and comprehensiveevidence base for the design of effective tobacco control policiesin any country, with an emphasis on the needs of the low incomeand middle income countries, where most smokers live. A synopsisof this work, including interim results, was published in 1999.²Final results, including 19 chapters and a statistical appendix,are now available.³ This article . . . [Full text of this article]

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