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Economic research in waterpipe tobacco smoking: Reflections on data, demand, taxes, equity and health modelling

Bteddini, Dima S.; Nakkash, Rima T.; Chalak, Ali; Jawad, Mohammed; Khader, Yousef Saleh; Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M.E.; Mostafa, Aya; Abla, Ruba; Awawda, Sameera; Salloum, Ramzi George (BMJ Publishing Group, 2022)

Economic evaluation of tobacco control policies is common in high-income settings and mainly focuses on cigarette smoking. Evidence suggests that increasing the excise tax of tobacco products is a consistently effective ...
Gender differences in the price elasticity of demand for waterpipe and cigarette smoking in Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine: a volumetric choice experiment

Awawda, Sameera; Chalak, Ali; Khader, Yousef Saleh; Mostafa, Aya; Abla, Ruba; Nakkash, Rima T.; Jawad, Mohammed; Salloum, Ramzi George; Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M.E. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2022)

Objectives This study assessed the extent to which the elasticity of cigarette and waterpipe tobacco products differs between men and women. We also explored the levels of substitution and complementarity in tobacco products ...
Health and economic impacts of introducing specific excise tax to waterpipe tobacco in Egypt: A simulation model of simple and mixed tax policy approaches

Mostafa, Aya; Chalak, Ali; Nakkash, Rima T.; Abla, Ruba; Khader, Yousef Saleh; Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M.E.; Salloum, Ramzi George; Jawad, Mohammed (BMJ Publishing Group, 2023)

Introduction Waterpipe tobacco is taxed at half the rate of cigarettes in Egypt and, unlike cigarettes, does not have a specific excise component. We aimed to simulate the introduction of a specific excise tax on waterpipe ...
Impact of waterpipe tobacco taxation on consumption, government revenue and premature deaths averted in Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine: a simulation study

Jawad, Mohammed; Awawda, Sameera; Abla, Ruba; Chalak, Ali; Khader, Yousef Saleh; Nakkash, Rima T.; Mostafa, Aya; Salloum, Ramzi George; Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M.E. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2022)

Introduction: Despite the high prevalence of waterpipe tobacco smoking in the Eastern Mediterranean region, evidence supporting its fiscal measures is limited. We modelled the impact of waterpipe tobacco-specific excise ...
Monitoring and Combating Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking Through Surveillance and Taxation

Saad, Randa K.; Maiteh, Adna; Nakkash, Rima T.; Salloum, Ramzi George; Chalak, Ali; Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M.E.; Khader, Yousef Saleh; Al-Nsour, Mohannad Abed Alfattah (JMIR Publications Inc., 2023)

Waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) is a traditional tobacco use method that originated in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) and has resurged in recent decades. WTS rates in the EMR are the highest worldwide, especially ...
Own-price and cross-price elasticities of demand for cigarettes and waterpipe tobacco in three Eastern Mediterranean countries: a volumetric choice experiment

Chalak, Ali; Nakkash, Rima T.; Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M.E.; Khader, Yousef Saleh; Jawad, Mohammed; Mostafa, Aya; Abla, Ruba; Louviere, Jordan J.; Salloum, Ramzi George (BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)

Background Waterpipe tobacco smoking rates in the Eastern Mediterranean region are among the highest worldwide, yet little evidence exists on its economics. Estimates of demand elasticities for tobacco products are largely ...
Prevalence of cigarette and waterpipe tobacco smoking among adults in three Eastern Mediterranean countries: a cross-sectional household survey

Nakkash, Rima T.; Khader, Yousef Saleh; Chalak, Ali; Abla, Ruba; Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M.E.; Mostafa, Aya; Jawad, Mohammed; Lee, Ji Hyun; Salloum, Ramzi George (NLM (Medline), 2022)

OBJECTIVES: Tobacco smoking is on the rise in the Eastern Mediterranean region. In light of limited surveillance of smoking in the region, this study sought to understand the prevalence of cigarette and waterpipe smoking ...

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