This paper describes the conceptual model that underlies the International Tobacco Control
Policy Evaluation Project (ITC Project), whose mission is to measure the psychosocial and …

One way in which to modify food purchases is to change prices through tax policy, subsidy
policy, or both. We reviewed the growing body of experimental research conducted in the …

The article reviews the large body of evidence on how taxation affects the consumption of
tobacco, alcohol, and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB). There is abundant evidence that …

It has long been known that cardiovascular disease (CVD) rates vary considerably among
populations, across space and through time. It is now apparent that most of the attributable …

Aims To examine the importance of cigarette prices in influencing smoking cessation and
the motivation to quit. Design We use longitudinal data from three waves of the International …

Objective. This comparison of population-based representative samples of adult smokers in
Canada (n= 1 751) and Mexico (n= 1 081) aimed to determine whether cigarette packages …

Background Over 350 million smokers live in China, and this represents nearly one-third of
the smoking population of the world. Smoking cessation is critically needed to help reduce …

Awareness of the health risks of smoking is an important factor in predicting smoking-related
behaviour; however, little is known about the knowledge of health risks in low-income …

This paper examines how socio-economic status (SES) modifies how smokers adjust to
changes in the price of tobacco products through utilization of multiple price minimizing …

Objective Raising the price of tobacco products is considered one of the most effective ways
to reduce tobacco use. In addition to excise taxes, governments are exploring other policies …