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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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Translation of the World Bank Report on Tobacco Control
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Chapter      Title
Front Matter Cover & Summary
1 Global Trends in Tobacco Use
2 The Health Consequences of Smoking
3 Do Smokers Know Their Risks and Bear Their Costs?
4 Measures to Reduce the Demand for Tobacco
5 Measures to Reduce the Supply of Tobacco
6 The Costs and Consequences of Tobacco Control
7 An Agenda for Action

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Chinese (PDF)  File size - 1.2MB
  • French (PDF) File size - 545 KB
 Chinese (MS Word)
French (HTML)
Japanese (HTML)

 

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