A cost-effectiveness analysis of India's 2008 prohibition of smoking in public places in Gujarat

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1271-1286

  Donaldson, Elisabeth A ^a   Waters, Hugh R ^b   Arora, Monika ^c   Varghese, Beena ^c   Dave, Paresh ^d   Modi, Bhavesh ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^d Government of India)   (India)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Public smoking bans; Secondhand smoke; Smoke free public places; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INDIA; LIFESPAN; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 79957883551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph8051271     Document Type: Article

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