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Full text of Curbing the Epidemic: Governments and the Economics of Tobacco Control, World Bank, 1999. Analyses economic, social and health issues around tobacco controls. Translations in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish and Japanese.
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Curbing the Epidemic
Governments and the Economics of Tobacco Control

Presented by Prabhat Jha, on behalf of the Report team and the Human Development Network
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