Banning Tobacco

Preface

I. A World without Tobacco Products
1. Lives Lost due to Tobacco Products
2. Substances Contained in Tobacco Products
3. Diseases Caused by Smoking
4. Tobacco is a Narcotic
5. The Manufacture and Sale of Tobacco Products Should be Prohibited
IARC, Lyon Declaration
Act on Banning the Manufacture and Sale of Tobacco Products
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II. Estimating the Healthcare-related Socioeconomic Impact of a Total Ban of Smoking
1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion and Conclusion
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III. Scheme for Development of Alternative Tax Sources to Tobacco Excise Tax
1. Introduction
2. The Present Situation of Local Taxes Related to the Sale of Tobacco
3. Scheme for Development of Alternative Tax Sources to the Tobacco Excise Tax
4. Achievement of Study Goals, Study Limitations and Study Contributions
5. Matters to Attend to in the Application of the Findings
References

IV. Income Preservation Scheme for Employees Associated with Tobacco Retailing Businesses of the Tobacco Manufacturing Industry
1. Introduction
2. Scheme to Estimate the Losses Related to Tobacco Manufacturing and Sales, and Preserve the Income of Interested Parties
3. Achievement of Study Goals, Study Limitations and Study Contributions
4. Matters to Attend to in the Application of the Findings
References

V. Supporting Measures for Tobacco Farmers
1. Tobacco Production in Korea
2. Economic Impacts of the Prohibition of Tobacco Production
3. Compensation for Tobacco Farmers
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VI. Impacts on Tobacco Smuggling and the Tourism Industry in Korea
1. Impacts on Tobacco Smuggling
2. Impacts on the Tourism Industry
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VII. Tobacco Trade Issues
1. Introduction
2. The Global Economy and Tobacco Trade
3. Tobacco Regulations under the WTO Regime
4. Trade Conflicts within the GATT/WTO
5. Tobacco Trade
6. Preventing Trade Conflicts
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Index