Tobacco control in low-income and middle-income countries: findings from WHO FCTC investment cases

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Editorial

John A Tauras. Tob Control. 2024.

. 2024 May 2;33(Suppl 1):s1-s2.

doi: 10.1136/tc-2024-058717.

¹ Department of Economics, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA tauras@uic.edu.

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Keywords: Economics; Low/Middle income country; Public policy.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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