Economics of Tobacco Control - The Maldives

Ahmed Afaaland and I. Riaz Shareef

University of California at San Francisco, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education from Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UC San Francisco

Abstract: This paper summarized briefly the general economic situation in the Maldives and describes its health care system, demographics and health outcomes. Policy recommendations are to ensure regular real price increases in all tobacco produts to deter use, accompanied by actions to detect and deter smuggling, better surveillance and monitoring of tobacco use and improvements in the system of reporting causes of deaths and more cessation support to raise quit rates.

Keywords: Maldives; tobacco consumption; taxes; economics; prices; health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-11-01
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