Tobacco control policy analysis in China : economics and health / edited by Teh-Wei Hu.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction / Teh-wei Hu -- section I. Tobacco use and its consequences. 2. Prevalence of smoking in China / Gonghuan Yang. 3. Tobacco control programs in China / Anita H. Lee and Yuan Jiang. 4. Chinese physicians: smoking behavior, and their smoking cessation knowledge attitudes, and practice / Michael Ong [and others]. 5. Disease burden from smoking and passive smoking in China / Quan Gan [and others]. 6. Economic burden of smoking in China, 2000 / Hai-Yen Sung [and others] -- section II. Demand for cigarettes and household expenditures analysis. 7. The demand for cigarettes in China / Zhengzhong Mao [and others]. 8. Smoking, standard of living, and poverty in China / Teh-wei Hu [and others]. 9. Cigarette smoking and poverty in China / Yuanli Liu [and others] -- section III. Supply of tobacco. 10. The role of government in tobacco leaf production in China: national and local interventions / Teh-wei Hu [and others]. 11. China's tobacco industry and the World Trade Organization / Elisa Tong [and others] -- section IV. Cigarette taxation. 12. Effects of cigarette tax on cigarette consumption and the Chinese economy / Teh-wei Hu and Zhengzhong Mao. 13. Cigarette taxation in China: lessons from international experiences / Teh-wei Hu. 14. Earmarked tobacco taxes: lessons learned from the United States for China / Teh-wei Hu, Xiao-peng Xu and Theodore Keeler -- section V. Policy directions. 15. China at the crossroads: the economics of tobacco and health / Teh-wei Hu [and others].

This is the first book that analyzes tobacco control policies in China from the perspectives of economics and health. For readers interested in the economic aspects of tobacco control policy issues not only in China but also in other developing countries, this book provides a comprehensive analytical and empirical framework addressing key debated issues. This book covers a range of interesting topics from the prevalence of smoking in China, health and economic burden of smoking in China, demand for cigarettes and taxation in China, the role of tobacco on farming, the tobacco industry and the World Trade Organization, poverty and smoking in China, to future challenges of tobacco control for the Chinese government.

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