Iftekharul Huq

East West University (Bangladesh) | EWU · Department of Economics

A total of 384 street children were subjected to study a baseline survey aged from 4 to 12 years old in Capital City, Dhaka. The sample size was fixed by addressing Cochran equation. Among the respondents 63% were male and 37% were female from street children population of 384. Survey took place at 20 different hot spots covering both Dhaka city no...

Background Despite modest progress in reducing tobacco use, tobacco remains one of the major risk factors for non-communicable diseases in Bangladesh. Methods Using disease-specific, prevalence-based, cost-of-illness approach, this research estimated the economic costs of tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke based on data collected from a...

Suggested Citation: Faruque, Golam Mohiuddin, Maruf Ahmed, Iftekharul Huq, Rehana Parven, Syed Naimul Wadood, Sohel Reza Chowdhury, AKM Ghulam Hussain, Gregg Haifley, Jeffrey M. Drope, Nigar Nargis (2020), "The Economic Cost of Tobacco Use in Bangladesh: A Health Cost Approach", Bangladesh Cancer Society (Dhaka, Bangladesh) (March 1, 2020). .......

Background Taxing tobacco is among the most effective measures of tobacco control. However, in a tiered market structure where multiple tiers of taxes coexist, the anticipated impact of tobacco taxes on consumption is complex. This paper investigates changing smoking behaviour in lieu of changing prices and changing income. The objective of the pap...

Background Taxing tobacco is among the most effective measures of tobacco control. However, in a tiered market structure where multiple tiers of taxes co-exist the anticipated impact of tobacco taxes on consumption is complex. This paper investigates changing smoking behavior in lieu of rising prices and changing income. The objective of the paper...

Background Information dissemination on harmful effects of tobacco has always been a major tool for reducing tobacco consumption in all countries. This paper studies how a change in the Perception of Tobacco Risk (PTR) affects the attitude of smokers and non-smokers towards smoking. First, this paper wants to observe how PTR varies among different...

In Bangladesh, the average excise tax on cigarettes accounted for just 38% of the average retail price of cigarettes in 2009, and 45% in 2010. Both these rates are well below the WHO recommended share of 70% of the retail price at a minimum. There is thus ample room for raising taxes on cigarettes in Bangladesh.The objective of the present work was...

Street food vending is a prevailing and distinctive part of a large informal sector in Dhaka city, the capital of Bangladesh. The paper attempts to gain insight into the business of street food vendors: highlight the problem areas and identify some key factors that positively affect their sales revenue. Using factor analysis as a tool, four major p...