Edited by Prabhat Jha and Frank J. Chaloupka. 512 pp., illustrated. New York, Oxford University Press, 2000. $114 (cloth); $49.95 (paper). ISBN 0-19-263250-7 (cloth); 0-19-263246-9 (paper).
Jha and Chaloupka, the editors of Tobacco Control in DevelopingCountries, dedicate the book to the approximately 100 millionpeople who died of tobacco-related diseases in the 20th century.This dedication serves as an apt introduction to this conciseand scholarly review of research on various aspects of tobaccouse and control. The book provides an economic framework thatadds a much-needed perspective to the wealth of epidemiologicdata on the health consequences of tobacco use. Citing a plethoraof studies, the authors examine whether interventions in tobaccocontrol that are based on economic models have a meaningfulrole in . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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