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Abstract

First of all, charging tobacco users higher premiums stigmatizes and marginalizes this group, which not only undermines smoking cessation efforts but also can increase the likelihood that a person will continue to smoke.[...]by focusing on the idea that smokers choose to engage in unhealthy behaviors ignores all social factors that contribute to an individual beginning to smoke and make it difficult to quit.[...]this policy issues an ultimatum to smokers to quit smoking or pay.

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Title
The feasibility of smoker's surcharge policy in tobacco control
Author
Aluckal, Eby; Lakshmanan, Sanju
Publication year
2017
Publication date
Oct/Dec 2017
Publisher
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd.
ISSN
09731482
e-ISSN
19984138
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1978579427
Copyright
Copyright Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd. Oct/Dec 2017