Golam Mohiuddin Faruque's scientific contributions
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Publications (2)
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).
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Citations
... 25 As one of the highest revenue-generating sectors, tobacco companies wield significant indirect influence within the government and media to shape narratives and weaken the design and implementation of taxes. 26 However, despite challenges, a strong network and alliance of antitobacco actors including academia, advocacy organisations, non-governmental organisations, the WHO and media are pressuring the government for better tax design and implementation. ...
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... This represents an 18.5% relative decline of tobacco use (20.8% decline for males; 12.2% decline for females) (GATS 2017). There are about 1.5 million adults suffering from tobacco-attributable illness in Bangladesh (Faruque et al. 2019). Tobacco killed nearly 126,000 people in Bangladesh in 2018, accounting for 13.5% of all deaths in the country (Faruque et al. 2019). ...
