ISSUES IN THE GLOBAL TOBACCO ECONOMY:
Selected
case studies
FAO shares international concern over the harmful effects of tobacco smoking and the rising incidence of smoking-related diseases, which along with the resultant personal and social distress also lead to associated economic losses, not only in the developed countries but also in the developing world, where consumption continues to expand. FAO supports measures to curtail smoking, and within the context of interagency cooperation, particularly within the United Nations Ad Hoc Inter-Agency Task Force on Tobacco Control, FAO has undertaken a project involving a number of studies into various aspects of the global tobacco economy. This is the second study to be published from this FAO project Tobacco Supply, Demand and Trade by 2010: Policy Options and Adjustment, which was supported by the Government of Sweden through its international development cooperation agency SIDA. The studies focus particularly on the potential effects, if any, that reductions in global demand might have on the economic conditions, earnings and food security of farming communities in developing countries particularly dependent on tobacco production for their livelihood. The underlying goal of this research is to provide a well defined and thoroughly researched analysis of economic issues as a basis for promoting the necessary international and national measures to achieve a healthier and more economically sustainable global environment. The earlier study, Projections of Tobacco Production, Consumption and Trade to the Year 2010, contains also a review of developments in the global patterns of production, consumption and trade since 1970. This volume provides a closer look at the tobacco economies of a few selected countries.
ISBN 92-5-105083-X
ISSN 1810-0783
