Towards a Political Economy of Tobacco Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

This study provides the basis for constructing a political economy of tobacco control in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The authors first undertook a literature review of tobacco control in LMICs to explore the forces that oppose the ado...

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Main Authors:	Bump, J.B., Reich, M.R., Adeyi, O., Khetrapal, S.
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ADDICTION ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADOLESCENTS ADULT SMOKING AGED ALCOHOL ANTI-TOBACCO ACTIVITIES ANTISMOKING PROGRAMS CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CARE PROVIDERS CARE PROVISION CESSATION ADVICE CESSATION PROGRAMS CHILD REARING CHRONIC DISEASE CIGARETTE CIGARETTE PACKAGES CIGARETTE TAXES COMPREHENSIVE TOBACCO CONTROL CURRENT SMOKERS DEPENDENCE DOMESTIC TOBACCO ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMY OF TOBACCO CONTROL EFFECTIVE TOBACCO CONTROL EFFECTIVE TOBACCO CONTROL POLICIES EFFECTS OF TOBACCO ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE EPIDEMIOLOGY EX-SMOKERS EXPOSURE TO TOBACCO SMOKE FAMILIES FOOD INSECURITY GLOBAL TOBACCO SURVEILLANCE GYNECOLOGY HEALTH CARE HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH RISKS HEALTH WARNINGS HIV/AIDS HOSPITALS HYGIENE INDOOR AIR INDOOR AIR QUALITY INFANTS INTERVENTION LEAF TOBACCO LIVER DISEASE LUNG CANCER MALNUTRITION MARKETING MEDICAL SCHOOLS MORBIDITY MORTALITY NATIONAL HEALTH NATIONAL TOBACCO CONTROL POLICIES NICOTINE NICOTINE DELIVERY NICOTINE POISONING NURSES NUTRITION OBSTETRICS OLD MALES OLDER STUDENTS OPIUM ORAL TOBACCO USE PACKAGE WARNINGS PARENTAL SMOKING PATIENTS PEER PRESSURE PHYSICIANS POTENTIAL SMOKERS PREGNANCY PREMATURE DEATH PRIMARY SCHOOL PRODUCTIVITY PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SPACES QUALITY OF LIFE RATES OF TOBACCO RATES OF TOBACCO USE REGULAR SMOKERS REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS RESEARCH CENTERS RESEARCH METHODS RESEARCH PROJECTS RESTRICTIONS ON SMOKING RISK FACTORS RISKS OF TOBACCO ROLE MODELS SCHOOLS SECOND HAND SMOKE SECOND-HAND SMOKE SHS SMOKE EXPOSURE SMOKELESS TOBACCO SMOKER SMOKERS SMOKING SMOKING CESSATION SMOKING EPIDEMIC SMOKING IN PUBLIC SMOKING PREVALENCE SMOKING RATES SMOKING RESTRICTIONS SMOKING TRENDS SMUGGLED CIGARETTES SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY SOCIAL NORMS TOBACCO TOBACCO ADVERTISING TOBACCO COMPANIES TOBACCO CONSUMPTION TOBACCO CONTROL INTERVENTIONS TOBACCO CONTROL LEGISLATION TOBACCO CONTROL MEASURES TOBACCO CONTROL POLICIES TOBACCO CONTROL POLICY TOBACCO CONTROL PROGRAM TOBACCO CONTROL RESEARCH TOBACCO CONTROL STRATEGIES TOBACCO EPIDEMIC TOBACCO FARMERS TOBACCO FARMING TOBACCO GROWERS TOBACCO GROWING TOBACCO INDUSTRY TOBACCO POLICIES TOBACCO POLICY TOBACCO PRODUCTION TOBACCO PRODUCTS TOBACCO SUPPLY TOBACCO TAX TOBACCO TAX REVENUES TOBACCO TAXES TOBACCO USE TOBACCO USERS TRADE BARRIERS VULNERABLE GROUPS WASTE WORKERS YOUNG ADULT YOUNG SMOKERS YOUTH YOUTH SMOKERS YOUTH SMOKING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/08/12316039/towards-political-economy-tobacco-control-low--middle-income-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13799

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Summary:	This study provides the basis for constructing a political economy of tobacco control in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The authors first undertook a literature review of tobacco control in LMICs to explore the forces that oppose the adoption, implementation, and enforcement of tobacco control strategies. The authors then used the sources collected to conduct a stakeholder analysis, as a first step in constructing a political economy of tobacco control in LMICs. The authors focused primarily at the international level because of the dominant role of transnational tobacco companies (TTCs). The author's review of the literature suggests four broad conclusions. First, a political economy approach has been applied only rarely as a formal analytical methodology in the literature on the tobacco control in LMICs. Second, even when the term "political economy" was used in a document, the paper typically did not explicitly conduct this kind of analysis and did not directly consider political strategies for advancing tobacco control. Third, translating the framework convention on tobacco control into tobacco use reductions at the national level is likely to require national-level political economy analyses to define political strategies appropriate to the particular national setting. Fourth, tobacco control's present and past is well documented, but analyses of future scenarios have focused on projections of health consequences and smoking trends. How TTCs will try to grow in the future has not been adequately addressed in the literature.

Towards a Political Economy of Tobacco Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

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