Smokeless tobacco control: Litigation & judicial measures from Southeast Asia

SMOKELESS TOBACCO SMOKELESS TOBACCO 1. Description of Smokeless Tobacco Practices

Smokeless tobacco and health in India and South Asia.

South Asia is a major producer and net exporter of tobacco. Over one-third of tobacco consumed regionally is smokeless. Traditional forms like betel quid, tobacco with lime and tobacco tooth powder are commonly used and the use of new products is increasing, not only among men but also among children, teenagers, women of reproductive age, medical and dental students and in the South Asian diasp...

Complexities at the intersection of tobacco control and trade liberalisation: evidence from Southeast Asia.

For more than two decades, public health scholars and proponents have demonstrated concern about the negative effects of trade liberalisation on tobacco control policies. However, there is little theoretically-guided, empirical research across time and space that evaluates this relationship. Accordingly, we use one major region that has experienced rapid and significant recent liberalisation, S...

Microbial control in Southeast Asia.

Beginning in the 1980s, concerns about the deleterious effects of synthetic pesticides have driven a significant Southeast Asian research and development effort directed towards alternative pest control strategies, including the use of microbial control agents. Despite this effort, use of microbial control agents has grown slowly in the region. This is the result of an interplay between interna...

Promoting Litigation Cost Control Measures

of Action Steps ■ Tailor after-action template to capture data about techniques used and an evaluation of the benefits ■ Tally results from after-action reports or capture them on-line ■ Ask litigators to keep diary of time and cost savings resulting from use of BPs ■ Track case net savings from RFPs and negotiations in case management system ■ Closely audit recordkeeping on a monthly basis to ...