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The Economic Cost of Tobacco-Induced Diseases in Pakistan

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  • Durr-e-Nayab

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics)

  • Muhammad Nasir

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics)

  • Junaid Alam Memon

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics)

  • Omer Siddique

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics)

Abstract

The success of the tobacco industry hinges on the ignorance of real economics at work behind the scenes. Though tobacco use is associated with many adverse health effects (Saha et al., 2007), increased health costs (John et al., 2020; Sung et al., 2006), and overburdened health systems (Amin et al., 2017), the tax revenues it generates often encourage policy inertia in poor economies such as Pakistan. As a country of 24 million active tobacco users, Pakistan stands as the one of the world’s top tobacco-consuming countries.

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  • Durr-e-Nayab & Muhammad Nasir & Junaid Alam Memon & Omer Siddique, 2021. "The Economic Cost of Tobacco-Induced Diseases in Pakistan," PIDE Research Report 2021:2, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
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    1. Omer Siddique, 2020. "Total Factor Productivity and Economic Growth in Pakistan: A Five Decade Overview," PIDE-Working Papers 2020:11, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
    2. Max, Wendy Ph.D. & Rice, Dorothy P & Sung, Hai-Yen & Michel, Martha, 2004. "Valuing Human Life: Estimating the Present Value of Lifetime Earnings, 2000," University of California at San Francisco, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education qt82d0550k, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UC San Francisco.
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