Tobacco and transition: an overview of industry investments, impact and influence in the former Soviet Union.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To quantify the contribution the tobacco industry has made to foreign direct investment (FDI) in the former Soviet Union (FSU) as an indicator of its political and economic leverage; to explore the impact this has had on production capacity and tobacco control in the region.

Design

Data on industry investment and its impact on cigarette production capacity were collated from industry journals, reports, and websites. Data on total FDI were obtained from the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development.

Results

By the end of 2000, transnational tobacco companies (TTCs) had invested over 2.7 billion US dollars in 10 countries of the FSU. Tobacco money as a proportion of FDI varies from 1% to over 30% in Uzbekistan. Cigarette production capacity in the facto

SUBMITTER: Gilmore AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1747859 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature