Money Gone Up in Smoke: The Tobacco Use and Malnutrition Nexus in Bangladesh

Money Gone Up in Smoke: The Tobacco Use and Malnutrition Nexus in Bangladesh

<p>Background</p><p>The tobacco epidemic in Bangladesh is pervasive. Expenditures on tobacco may reduce money available for food in a country with a high malnutrition rate.</p><p>Objectives</p><p>The aims of the study are to quantify the opportunity costs of...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Jami Husain, Mandeep Virk-Baker, Mark Parascandola, Bazlul Haque Khondker, Indu B. Ahluwalia
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Ubiquity Press 2017
Subjects:
tobacco use
malnutrition
Bangladesh
opportunity costs of tobacco expenditures
household income and expenditure survey
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/5e93f314d29c4087ad4b560d75a59f3b
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