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The 13th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health

Building capacity for a tobacco-free world

July 12-15, 2006, Washington, DC, USA



Thursday, July 13, 2006: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Room 304 (Convention Center)
The Economics of Tobacco: Health Costs and Poverty
Moderator:Stefanie J. Driskell (Australia)
1:30 PMDirect Medical Costs of Tobacco Use in Indonesia in 2005
Soewarta Kosen (Indonesia)
1:45 PMTobacco and Poverty Study in the Philippines
Marina M. Baquilod (Philippines), Marilyn Crisostomo (Philippines), Ayda Yurekli (Switzerland)
2:00 PMTobacco over Education: an Examination of the Opportunity Losses for Smoking Households
Thu Thi Le (Vietnam)
2:15 PMMaking the Case for the Inclusion of Tobacco Control Assistance in Overseas Development Programmes
Stefanie J. Driskell (Australia)
2:30 PMThe cost of tobacco-related disease in Hong Kong
Sarah M. McGhee (China), LM Ho (China), J Chau (China), A Cheung (China), SY Ho (China), TH Lam (China), AJ Hedley (China)

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