In this paper, we used data from the 2004 Survey of Family Income & Expenditure of Taiwan
to show that the problem of the crowding-out effects of tobacco and alcohol in a country with …

Introduction Poor people have remarkably lower health expenditures than rich people in
Vietnam. According to the 2016 Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey (VHLSS), per …

This paper examines the effect of tobacco and alcohol control policies on tobacco and
alcohol consumption patterns and the evolution of crowding-out effects on other household …

Background Tobacco consumption is pervasive in Indonesia, with 6 out of 10 households in
the country consuming tobacco. Smoking households, on average, divert a significant share …

Background Tobacco consumption constitutes a sizable portion of household consumption
expenditure, which can lead to reduced expenditures on other basic commodities. This is …

Introduction Tobacco is one of the world's largest preventable causes of premature death,
accounting for more than 8 million deaths and costing the global economy US $1.4 trillion …

This paper examines whether spending on tobacco crowds out expenditure on basic needs
and whether it has implications on nutrition intake and household resource allocation in …

This paper adds to the literature on the crowding out effect of tobacco expenditure in two
ways. Firstly, the paper uses expenditure data from a low income sub-Saharan African …

Purpose This study aims at analysing the causal crowding-out effect of tobacco spending on
intrahousehold budget share in Vietnam. Besides, we also examine the differences in …

Smoking is an expensive habit. Smoking households spend, on average, more than $
US1000 annually on cigarettes. When a family member quits, in addition to the former …