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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.
Why the report was written, its topics, audience, authors and data sources.
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Why did the World Bank produce this report?

Economic arguments for, or against, tobacco control are unclear and often debated

  • In 1957, British Chancellor of the Exchequer warned of "the enormous contribution to the Exchequer from tobacco duties and the serious effect on the Commonwealth...that a campaign against smoking would have"
  • In 1996, an Asian Health Minister stated "cigarette producers are making large contributions to our economy... we have to think about workers and tobacco farmers"

Source: Pollock 1996, Tobacco Control 1996, The Economist 1997
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