A Novel Tobacco Market Diversification : Unsmoking Rich Countries while Smoking Low-and-Middle Income Countries

In this working paper, an exploration of available data and information is conducted and findings presented, to support the view that the dichotomous business model and related harm reduction narrative promoted nowadays by the tobacco industry, merits scrutiny by the international community. The promotion of e-cigarettes as welfare enhancing in rich countries, particularly because they are posited to help adult smokers quit, tends to obfuscate a dire reality. The same tobacco industry that promotes (e-cigarettes as harm reduction in rich countries, derives the bulk of its profits by selling cigarettes in lower income countries.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Marquez, Patricio V.
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2022-04-27
Subjects:	BUSINESS ETHICS, HEALTH RISK TRANSPARENCY, TOBACCO RISK IN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASE, TOBACCO INDUSTRY, BURDEN OF TOBACCO-RELATED DISEASE IN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, HARM REDUCTION, E-CIGARETTES, ECONOMIC COST OF TOBACCO, DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF SMOKING,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099824004282257047/IDU0e28b434e0bf5704eed0a39e03059f687080f http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37490
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