Price elasticity of tobacco products among economic classes in India, 2011–2012 Sakthivel Selvaraj, Swati Srivastava, Anup Karan BMJ Open 2015 Abstract Objectives The objectives of this study are to: (1) examine the pattern of price elasticity of three major tobacco...
Averting Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in India through Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxation: An Economic-Epidemiologic Modeling Study Sanjay Basu, Sukumar Vellakkal, Sutapa Agrawal, David Stuckler, Barry Popkin, Shah Ebrahim Abstract Background Taxing sugar-sweetened...
Abstract Objective To examine the potential effect of a tax on palm oil on hyperlipidemia and on mortality due to cardiovascular disease in India. Design Economic-epidemiologic model. Modeling methods A microsimulation model of mortality due to myocardial infarction...
