Acknowledgements
We thank Allison Gilbert for help with the cost-effectiveness analyses and Hellen Gelband, Andra Ghent, and Dhirendra Sinha for comments.
46. Tobacco Addiction
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Editors/Authors: Prabhat Jha, Frank J. Chaloupka, James Moore, Vendhan Gajalakshmi, Prakash C. Gupta, Richard Peck, Samira Asma, and Witold Zatonski
Pages: 18
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Chapter Sections
- Intro
- Smoking Trends
- Health Consequences of Smoking
- Rationale for Government Intervention
- Interventions to Reduce Demand for Tobacco
- Interventions to Reduce the Supply of Tobacco
- Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Tobacco-Control Interventions
- Comprehensive Tobacco-Control Programs
- Constraints to Effective Tobacco-Control Policies
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
Figures
- 46.1 Changes in Lung Cancer Mortality at Age 35 to 44 in the United Kingdom and France, 1950-99
- 46.2 Tobacco Deaths in the Next 50 Years under Current Smoking Patterns
- 46.3 Stopping Works: Cumulative Risk of Lung Cancer Mortality in U.K. Males, 1990 rates
- 46.4 Average Cigarette Price, Tax, and Percentage of Tax Share per Pack, by Income Group, 1996
- 46.5 Potential Effect of Tax Increases, NRT, and Non-Price Interventions on Tobacco Mortality, 2000-50
Tables
- 46.1 Estimated Smoking Prevalence (by Gender) and Number of Smokers, 15 Years of Age and Older, 2000
- 46.2 Tobacco Mortality and Total DALYs by Gender, 2000 (thousands)
- 46.3 Reductions in Future Tobacco Deaths among Smokers Alive in 2000 from Price Increases of 10 Percent, 33 Percent, 50 Percent, and 70 Percent by World Bank Region
- 46.4 Reductions in Future Tobacco Deaths among Smokers Alive in 2000 from Price Increases of 33 Percent, Increased NRT Use, and a Package of Non-Price Measures by World Bank Region
- 46.5 Range of Cost-Effectiveness Values for Price Increase, NRT, and Non-Price Interventions, 2000 (2002 U.S. dollars per DALY saved)
- 46.6 Estimated Cost of Price Intervention and NRT Programs (2002 U.S. dollars)
