While the tobacco industry ranks among the most substantial and successful of economic
enterprises, tobacco consumption is associated with more deaths than any other product …

Taxes and subsidies are increasingly being considered as potential policy instruments to
incentivize consumers to improve their food and beverage consumption patterns and related …

The most fundamental law of economics links the price of a product to the demand for that
product. Accordingly, increases in the monetary price of alcohol (ie, through tax increases) …

OBJECTIVE.: This study provides a multivariate analysis of the availability of food store
outlets in the US and associations with neighborhood characteristics on race, ethnicity and …

Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been linked to risks of obesity,
diabetes, and heart disease, 1–3 making a compelling case for reduced consumption. SSBs …

Objective: To determine the relation between extent of restrictions on smoking at home, at
school, and in public places and smoking uptake and smoking prevalence among school …

Background Increases in tobacco taxes are widely regarded as a highly effective strategy for
reducing tobacco use and its consequences. Methods The voluminous literature on tobacco …

Objectives. We examined associations between neighborhood demographic characteristics
and the availability of commercial physical activity–related outlets by zip code across the …

This book brings together a set of critical reviews of current knowledge on the economics of
tobacco control. It is intended to provide a comprehensive evidence-base for the design of …

Objective Over 20 experts on economics, epidemiology, public policy and tobacco control
were asked by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) to evaluate the …