The economics of tobacco control in low- and middle-income countries

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dc.contributor.advisorVan Walbeek, Corneen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBlecher, Evanen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-26T14:14:07Z
dc.date.available2014-12-26T14:14:07Z
dc.date.issued2011en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 174-189).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractGlobal best practice in tobacco control policy is anchored by the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control which recommends that countries use, amongst other things, tax increases and advertising bans to reduce tobacco consumption. Furthermore, this is supplemented by various policy documents and technical manuals produced by the World Health Organisation and the World Bank which provide a more thorough justification of these policy measures. This thesis seeks to examine the application of these tobacco control policy measures on tobacco consumption in low and middle-income countries. The thesis focuses on tax policy in low- and middle-income countries by moving the metric from price to affordability (which considers price and income simultaneously). This is important since many low- and middle-income countries are growing rapidly and price increases may not be reducing consumption.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBlecher, E. (2011). <i>The economics of tobacco control in low- and middle-income countries</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10115en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBlecher, Evan. <i>"The economics of tobacco control in low- and middle-income countries."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10115en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBlecher, E. 2011. The economics of tobacco control in low- and middle-income countries. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Blecher, Evan AB - Global best practice in tobacco control policy is anchored by the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control which recommends that countries use, amongst other things, tax increases and advertising bans to reduce tobacco consumption. Furthermore, this is supplemented by various policy documents and technical manuals produced by the World Health Organisation and the World Bank which provide a more thorough justification of these policy measures. This thesis seeks to examine the application of these tobacco control policy measures on tobacco consumption in low and middle-income countries. The thesis focuses on tax policy in low- and middle-income countries by moving the metric from price to affordability (which considers price and income simultaneously). This is important since many low- and middle-income countries are growing rapidly and price increases may not be reducing consumption. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - The economics of tobacco control in low- and middle-income countries TI - The economics of tobacco control in low- and middle-income countries UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10115 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/10115
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBlecher E. The economics of tobacco control in low- and middle-income countries. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2011 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10115en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Economicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEconomicsen_ZA
dc.titleThe economics of tobacco control in low- and middle-income countriesen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoral
dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_ZA
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