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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784233203321

Titolo

At what cost? [[electronic resource] ] : the economic impact of tobacco use on national health systems, societies and individuals : a summary of methods and findings

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ottawa, : Research for International Tobacco Control = Recherche pour la lutte mondiale contre le tabac, c2003

ISBN

1-280-71021-7

9786610710218

1-55250-353-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (97 p.)

Collana

RITC monograph series ; ; no. 1

Disciplina

362.29/62

Soggetti

Tobacco use - Economic aspects

Smoking - Economic aspects

Smoking - Social aspects

Tobacco use - Government policy

Smoking - Government policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This monograph was prepared in collaboration with the UniversiteĢ de MontreĢal"--P. 4 of cover.

"The International Development Research Centre on behalf of the Research for International Tobacco Control Secretariat"--T.p. verso.

"RITC/RMCT".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Executive Summary; Chapter 1: Introduction to the Tobacco Epidemic; Chapter 2: Economic Studies and Tobacco Control Policy Development; Chapter 3: Synopsis: Economic Assessments of the Burden of Tobacco Use on Societies; Chapter 4: Synopsis: Economic Assessments of the Burden of Tobacco Use in Population Subgroups; Chapter 5: Synopsis: Economic Assessments of Interventions to Reduce the Demand for Tobacco; Chapter 6: Conclusions and Recommendations; Appendix A: Description of Databases Searched in Literature Review; Appendix B: Inventory of Data Sources

Sommario/riassunto

This publication reviews and synthesizes the literature on tobacco-related health economic evaluation, with a focus on developing



countries.  IDRC's Research for International Tobacco Contract (RITC) produced the report in an attempt to lay the groundwork for future comparative and conclusive research in the field of tobacco-related economic evaluation.  It is directed at a general audience of tobacco-control researchers and policymakers, especially in developing countries, and researchers familiar with economic evaluation methods but unfamiliar with the relevance of these methods to the study