 Healthy Lifestyles in Russia: Old Issues and New PoliciesAlexey Kalinin, Marina Kolosnitsyna and Liudmila Zasimova () HSE Working papers from National Research University Higher School of Economics Abstract: Individuals’ lifestyles strongly affect health outcomes and thus are a subject for public regulations in all developed countries. In this paper we discuss how different policy measures change individual behaviour with respect to consuming alcohol, tobacco products, and healthy food and participating in sports activities. We start by presenting data on health-related behaviours in Russia compared to other countries and show that the majority of Russians do not pay enough attention to their health and underestimate the risks of unhealthy behaviour. We analyse the public policy response to the increasing number of people with unhealthy habits to prove that drawbacks in legal acts and in public procurement increase the prevalence of bad habits. We therefore propose different policy instruments to improve the current situation and analyse the possible impacts and costs of suggested measures Keywords: healthy lifestyle; public policy; alcohol abuse; smoking; obesity. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in WP BRP Series: Public Administration / PA, December 2011, pages 1-36 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hig:wpaper:02/pa/2011 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in HSE Working papers from National Research University Higher School of Economics |
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