If tobacco multinationals had their way, China might more closely resemble a chimney. So what are the costs of a potentially smokier future in China? Aside from health costs, there could be economically (and education...If tobacco multinationals had their way, China might more closely resemble a chimney. So what are the costs of a potentially smokier future in China? Aside from health costs, there could be economically (and educationally) severe ones, according to a new study published in Social Science & Medicine by a Yale professor. Dr. Hong Wang analyzed how the cost of smoking impacts China's critical economic strengths: human capital investment (defined by education and healthcare), risk-taking capacity (defined by...展开更多
文摘If tobacco multinationals had their way, China might more closely resemble a chimney. So what are the costs of a potentially smokier future in China? Aside from health costs, there could be economically (and educationally) severe ones, according to a new study published in Social Science & Medicine by a Yale professor. Dr. Hong Wang analyzed how the cost of smoking impacts China's critical economic strengths: human capital investment (defined by education and healthcare), risk-taking capacity (defined by...
