Nigar Nargis

TL;DR: Smoking imposes a heavy economic burden throughout the world, particularly in Europe and North America, where the tobacco epidemic is most advanced, and the urgent need for countries to implement stronger tobacco control measures to address these costs is highlighted.

TL;DR: It is argued that the CPS can be used to monitor trends in outcomes of those with disabilities and that the dramatic decline in the employment of people with disabilities during the 1990s is not an artifact of the data.

TL;DR: Examination of how socio-economic status (SES) modifies how smokers adjust to changes in the price of tobacco products through utilization of multiple price minimizing techniques found lower SES respondents are more likely to use reducing price differentials between discount and premium brands may have a greater impact on them, potentially increasing the likelihood of quitting.

TL;DR: Tobacco taxation can prevent millions of smoking-attributable deaths throughout the world and contribute to achieving the sustainable development goals, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.

TL;DR: The overall decline in tobacco use can be viewed as a structural shift in the tobacco market in Bangladesh from low value products such as bidi and smokeless tobacco to high value cigarettes, which is expected with the growth in income and purchasing power of the general population.