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Economics of Tobacco Control : The Maldives

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dc.contributor.authorAfaal, Ahmed
dc.contributor.authorShareef, I. Riaz
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-05T15:39:15Z
dc.date.available2013-06-05T15:39:15Z
dc.date.issued2003-11
dc.description.abstractThis paper summarizes briefly the general economic situation in the Maldives and describes its health care system, demographics and health outcomes. Mortality and life expectancy have been improving, but cardiovascular and respiratory diseases and cancers are the top causes of death; smoking is a risk factor for all of them. Tobacco imports have been increasing, although changes in the import duty appears to have caused a significant decrease in 2000. Cigarettes account for most of the tobacco product imports and are smoked by 40 percent of all tobacco product users. Chewing tobacco is also commonly used, by 30 percent of tobacco users. Overall, tobacco use prevalence is high by international standards: in 1997, 57 percent of men and 29 percent of women used some form of tobacco. Prevalence is higher among island communities than in the capital. Prices of cigarettes have been fairly stable, with some price rises from 2000. Government revenues from tobacco import duties have risen, but are less than 2 percent of total import duty revenues. Policy recommendations are to ensure regular real price increases in all tobacco products to deter use, accompanied by actions to detect and deter smuggling, better surveillance and monitoring of tobacco use, improvements in the system of reporting cause of death, and more cessation support to raise quit rates.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/11/3355901/economics-tobacco-control-maldives
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1-932126-55-4
dc.identifier.isbn1-932126-55-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/13776
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesHNP Dscussion Paper;
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectBIRTHS
dc.subjectBLOOD DISORDERS
dc.subjectBURDEN OF DISEASE
dc.subjectCANCER
dc.subjectCANCERS
dc.subjectCARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
dc.subjectCARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
dc.subjectCHILD MORTALITY
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY HEALTH
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS
dc.subjectCORRUPTION
dc.subjectDEATH RATE
dc.subjectDIGESTIVE SYSTEM
dc.subjectDISASTERS
dc.subjectDRINKING
dc.subjectDRUGS
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEPIDEMIOLOGY
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFAMILY HEALTH
dc.subjectGENERAL PRACTITIONERS
dc.subjectHEALTH
dc.subjectHEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subjectHEALTH POLICY
dc.subjectHEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectHOSPITALS
dc.subjectIMMUNIZATION
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY
dc.subjectINNOVATION
dc.subjectINTERVENTION
dc.subjectLABORATORY FACILITIES
dc.subjectLIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subjectLITERACY
dc.subjectLIVE BIRTHS
dc.subjectMATERNAL MORTALITY
dc.subjectMATERNAL MORTALITY RATE
dc.subjectMEASLES
dc.subjectMEDIA
dc.subjectMORBIDITY
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectMORTALITY RATE
dc.subjectMORTALITY RATES
dc.subjectMOTHERS
dc.subjectNATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subjectNURSES
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectOUTPATIENT CLINICS
dc.subjectPARAMEDICS
dc.subjectPARTNERSHIP
dc.subjectPHARMACIES
dc.subjectPHARMACISTS
dc.subjectPOLIO
dc.subjectPOPULATION GROWTH
dc.subjectPREMATURE DEATH
dc.subjectPREVENTIVE HEALTH
dc.subjectPRICE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS
dc.subjectPRIMARY HEALTH CARE
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPROMOTION OF HEALTH
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subjectREPRODUCTIVE AGE
dc.subjectRESPIRATORY DISEASES
dc.subjectSAFE DRINKING WATER
dc.subjectSANITATION
dc.subjectSEX
dc.subjectSMOKING
dc.subjectSMOKING CESSATION
dc.subjectSMOKING PREVALENCE
dc.subjectSOCIAL INDICATORS
dc.subjectSTILLBIRTH
dc.subjectTOBACCO
dc.subjectTOBACCO
dc.subjectTOBACCO
dc.subjectTOBACCO ADVERTISING
dc.subjectTOBACCO CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectTOBACCO CONTROL
dc.subjectTOBACCO LEAVES
dc.subjectTOBACCO SMUGGLING
dc.subjectTOBACCO TAXES
dc.subjectTOBACCO USE
dc.subjectTRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectTOBACCO TAXES IMPORT TARIFFS
dc.titleEconomics of Tobacco Control : The Maldivesen
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-05T11:36:20.373Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/11/3355901/economics-tobacco-control-maldives
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeEnvironment and Natural Resources
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.guid120541468050088623
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000112742_20040506121013
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum3355901
okr.identifier.report28853
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryMaldives
okr.topicHealth Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicSocial Development::Social Policy
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Adolescent Health
okr.topicEarly Child and Children's Health
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Environment and Health
okr.unitHealth, Nutrition and Population
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