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ACRONYMS USED IN THE TEXT


Abifumo

Associação Brasileira das Indústrias do Fumo
(Brazilian Tobacco Industry Association)

Afubra

Associação dos Fumicultores Brasileiros
(Association of Brazilian Tobacco Growers)

ANVISA

Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária
(National Public Health Agency) [Brazil]

CGE

Computable general equilibrium [model]

CMDR

Centre for Multidisciplinary Development Research [India]

CNE

Conselho Federal de Entorpecentes (Federal Drugs Council) [Brazil]

CTRI

Central Tobacco Research Institute [India]

FCV

Flue cured Virginia

IBGE

Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
(Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics)

ICMS

value-added tax [Brazil]

INCA

Instituto Nacional do Câncer
(National Cancer Institute, Ministry of Health) [Brazil]

LSC

Large-scale commercial

MS

Ministério da Saúde (Ministry of Health) [Brazil]

NSSO

National Sample Survey Organization [Department of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Programme Implementation, India]

PRONAF

Programa Nacional da Agricultura Familiar
(National Programme of Family Agriculture) [Brazil]

SIDA

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

Sindifumo

Sindicato das Indústrias de Fumo (The Tobacco Industry Syndicate) [Brazil]

SIS

State Institute of Statistics [Turkey]

SSC

Small-scale commercial

TAMA

Tobacco Association of Malawi

TEKEL

General Directorate of Tobacco, Tobacco Products, Salt and Alcohol Enterprises [Turkey]

ZTA

Zimbabwe Tobacco Association

CURRENCIES

Brazil - the unit of currency is the real (plural: reais; symbol: $R).
At March 2003 US$1 = $R3.447.

People’s Republic of China - the unit of currency is the yuan renminbi (symbol: RMB).
At March 2003, US$1 = RMB 8.277.

India - the unit of currency is the Rupee (symbol: Rs).
At March 2003, US$1 = Rs47.65.

Malawi - the unit of currency is the kwacha (symbol: K).
At March 2003, US$1 = K91.08.

Turkey - the unit of currency is the Turkish lira (symbol: LT).
At March 2003, US$1 = LT 1 661 500.

Zimbabwe - the unit of currency is the Zimbabwe dollar (symbol: $Z).
At March 2003, US$1 = $Z833.


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