Tobacco Industry - Statistics & numerical data
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Tobacco companies' use of developing countries' economic reliance on tobacco to lobby against global tobacco control: the case of Malawi.

18 Aug 2009 Transnational tobacco manufacturing and tobacco leaf companies engage in numerous efforts to oppose global tobacco control. One of their strategies is to stress the economic importance of tobacco to the developing countries that grow it. We analyze ... Read more...

The impact of tobacco promotion at the point of sale: a systematic review.

25 Jan 2009 INTRODUCTION: Tobacco promotion increases the likelihood that adolescents will start smoking. Much of the tobacco industry's promotional budget is spent on point of sale (PoS) promotion in many jurisdictions. Consequently, tobacco is an eye-catching ... Read more...

Progress in combating cigarette smuggling: controlling the supply chain.

8 Sep 2008 BACKGROUND: The illicit tobacco trade results in huge losses of revenue to governments, estimated at $US40-50 billion in 2006, and in increased consumption and thus health problems because it makes tobacco available more cheaply. On 20 October 2008 ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Tobacco Industry - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Tobacco companies' use of developing countries' economic reliance on tobacco to lobby against global tobacco control: the case of Malawi. 18 Aug 2009
• The impact of tobacco promotion at the point of sale: a systematic review. 25 Jan 2009
• Progress in combating cigarette smuggling: controlling the supply chain. 8 Sep 2008
• Tobacco industry control of menthol in cigarettes and targeting of adolescents and young adults. 14 Jul 2008
• An examination of trends in amount and type of cigarette advertising and sales promotions in California stores, 2002-2005. 24 Feb 2008
• Tobacco industry targeting youth in Argentina. 23 Feb 2008
• [Decrease in cigarette sales in Italy after the introduction of the smoking ban in 2005] 30 Dec 2007
• Demand analysis of tobacco consumption in Malaysia. 30 Oct 2007
• Tobacco industry efforts undermining evidence linking secondhand smoke with cardiovascular disease. 14 Oct 2007
• Do increases in cigarette prices lead to increases in sales of cigarettes with high tar and nicotine yields? 29 Sep 2007
• Getting away with murder. 17 Jul 2007
• Tobacco on campus, 1804 and today. 29 Apr 2007
• The prevalence of misleading tobacco descriptors in the New Zealand tobacco market. 11 Apr 2007
• Epidemiology of the third wave of tobacco litigation in the United States, 1994-2005. 29 Nov 2006
• Internet cigarette vendors' lack of compliance with a California state law designed to prevent tobacco sales to minors. 30 Aug 2006
• "Key to the future": British American tobacco and cigarette smuggling in China. 29 Jun 2006
• [Effects of tobacco tax increase on cigarette consumption and the impact on health policy] 29 Jun 2006
• Ten years and 1 master settlement agreement later: the nature and frequency of alcohol and tobacco promotion in televised sports, 2000 through 2002. 27 Jun 2006
• The Philip Morris External Research Program: results from the first round of projects. 30 May 2006
• Cigarette promotional offers: who takes advantage? 27 Feb 2006

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Technical information about 'Tobacco Industry'

Definition: The aggregate business enterprise of agriculture, manufacture, and distribution related to tobacco and tobacco-derived products.

Descriptor UI: D019460

Alternative terms: Tobacco Industry; Industry, Tobacco; Industries, Tobacco; Tobacco Industries;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: J01.576.919;

History Note: 97

Technical Notes: SPEC; SPEC qualif; DF: TOBACCO INDUST