Thu Thi Le
4 Papers
Thu Thi Le is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has co-authored 4 publications.
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Papers
Estimating the health impacts of sugar-sweetened beverage tax for informing policy decisions about the obesity burden in Vietnam
Minh Van Hoang,Son Dao,Jo Jewell,Ben Amies-Cull,Maharajan Muthu,Thu Thi Le,Bao Quoc Tran,Ciaran O'Neill +7 more
TL;DR: While the impact of a 5% price increase arising from a tax was relatively small, increasing SSBs price up to 20% appeared likely to impact substantially on national overweight and obesity rates.
Socioeconomic inequality in smoking: Evidence from a decomposition analysis
TL;DR: In this article , the authors examined socioeconomic inequality in smoking and factors associated with the wealth-related inequality of smoking in Vietnam and found that poorer men are more likely to smoke and smoke more than those better off.
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The impact of cigarette prices on smoking onset and cessation: evidence from Vietnam
TL;DR: In this paper , the effect of cigarette prices on smoking onset and cessation in Vietnamese men was investigated using discrete-time hazard models, and they found that a 1% increase in the cigarette price reduces the hazard of smoking onset by 1.2% (95% CI −2.12% to −0.28%).
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The crowding-out effect of tobacco expenditure on health expenditure: Evidence from a Lower-middle-income Country.
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors analyzed economic inequalities in health expenditure using the concentration index approach and data from the Vietnam Household Living Standard Surveys 2010-2016, and found that reducing tobacco expenditure could improve health care of the poor and reduce inequality in health care in Vietnam.
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