Tobacco use in Vietnam. Prevalence, predictors, and the role of the transnational tobacco corporations

Jenkins, Christopher; Dai, Pham Xuan; Ngoc, Do Hong; Kinh, Hoang Van; Hoang, Truong Trong; Bales, Sarah; Stewart, Susan L.; McPhee, Stephen J.

doi:10.1001/jama.277.21.1726

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“…Prevalence of smoking declined slightly between 1993 and 1998. In comparison, a previous study by the University of California, San Francisco, and the Institute for Sociology, Hanoi, found that 74% of Vietnamese men were either regular or occasional tobacco users [20].…”

Section: Tobacco Use In V|etnammentioning

confidence: 70%

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Tobacco initiation, cessation, and change: evidence from Vietnam

Laxminarayan

Deolalikar

2004

Health Economics

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Studies of the impact of tobacco prices on decisions to initiate and quit smoking have, to date, largely been restricted to developed countries. Such analyses, when set in developing countries, are complicated by the availability of a wide range of tobacco products that are nicotine substitutes for cigarettes. This study, which uses data from two rounds of the Vietnam Living Standards Survey in 1992-1993 and 1997-1998, finds evidence of substitution among tobacco products in response to changes in relative prices and points to the need for comprehensive tobacco-control strategies that are not restricted to cigarettes alone. We find that higher cigarette prices may not necessarily encourage quitting and may only divert cigarette smokers to rustic tobacco, which is potentially as harmful to human health as cigarettes.

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Section: Tobacco Use In V|etnammentioning

confidence: 70%

“…There are about 15.5 million smokers in Vietnam, half of whom will die of smoking-related causes. Furthermore, if children start to smoke at the same rate as their parents, more than 5.5 million of those under 15 in 1995 will die prematurely [20].…”

Section: Tobacco Use In V|etnammentioning

confidence: 99%

Tobacco initiation, cessation, and change: evidence from Vietnam

Laxminarayan

Deolalikar

2004

Health Economics

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“…32 For example, in Canada nearly 1.3 million adults over the age of 15 have quit smoking in the last decade, with increases also in the proportion of never smokers. In contrast, the prevalence of male ex-smokers in most lowand middle-income countries is low: below ten percent in China, 34 Vietnam 35 and India [36][37] ( Figure 4). Even these low figures may be falsely elevated because they include people who quit because either they are too ill to continue or because of the early symptoms of tobacco-attributable illness, such as respiratory disease.…”

Section: Smoking Cessationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Avoidable Deaths from Smoking: A Global Perspective

Jha

2011

Public Health Rev

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On current consumption patterns, about 400 million adults worldwide will be killed by smoking between 2010 and 2050. Most of these deaths will occur among smokers currently alive. At least half will die at ages 30-69 years, losing decades of productive life. Smoking-attributable mortality has fallen sharply in high-income countries but will rise globally unless today's smokers, most of whom live in lowand middle-income countries, quit smoking before or during middle age. The single most important intervention to raise cessation rates is a large increase in taxes. Tripling excise taxes on tobacco would raise cessation rates and deter smoking initiation. Higher taxes, regulations on smoking and information for consumers could avoid at least 115 million smoking deaths in the next few decades, including at least 25 million cancer deaths and 50 million vascular deaths.

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“…Smoking exacerbates the effects of poverty as expenditures for tobacco may divert household income from food, clothing, housing, health, and education [19,20]. Among low-income families in the United States, children of smokers had a poorer quality diet than children of nonsmokers [21].…”

Section: Tobacco Use and Child Malnutritionmentioning

confidence: 99%