An economic evaluation of the use of non-combusted alternatives using a cost of illness approach: The Philippine case

• Main Author: Cabuay, Christopher James R.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2023
• Subjects: Cost of illness approach; smoking-related diseases; heated tobacco products; Behavioral Economics; Health Economics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/res_aki/176; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/res_aki/article/1177/viewcontent/DLSU_AKI_Working_Paper_Series_2023_11_088.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

Smoking continues to be one of the leading causes of death and disability around the world. Recent health studies, however, have reported that these diseases are more likely to be due to the smoke from burning rather than the actual nicotine content. This study uses a cost of illness approach in est...