Background Fiscal policy targeting tobacco control is identified as the most effective strategy for rapid control of tobacco use. An optimum fiscal policy to estimate the percentage taxation that will maximise the government tax revenue, social savings and the net monetary benefit has not been empirically designed before in Sri Lank...

Background: Sri Lanka became a signatory to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in September 2003 and ratified in November 2003. Aiming to reduce tobacco burden in Sri Lanka, National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol Act [NATA] No. 27 was authorized in 2006. The objective of this study was to assess the behavioral changes related to tobacco use among adolescents and young adults fol...

background: sri lanka became a signatory to the who framework convention on tobacco control in september 2003 and ratified in november 2003. aiming to reduce tobacco burden in sri lanka, national authority on tobacco and alcohol act [nata] no. 27 was authorized in 2006. the objective of this study was to assess the behavioral changes related to tobacco use among adolescents and young adults fol...

BACKGROUND Tobacco consumption (TC) among youths poses significant public health problem in developing countries. This study utilized the data of Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS), 2007 to examine and compare youth TC behavior in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. METHODS The GYTS covered a total of 2,242 Bangladeshi, 1,444 Nepalese and 1,377 Sri-Lankan youths aged 13-15 years. They represente...

The adverse health effects of tobacco and alcohol are well known. Alcohol consumption is increasing in Sri Lanka, but few population studies have been conducted. The objective of this study was to document tobacco and alcohol consumption levels among adults in southern Sri Lanka and to identify the main reasons for using or refraining from alcohol and tobacco products. Tobacco and alcohol use w...

Background: Vaccination against COVID-19 is as a key solution to interrupt its spread. This study aimed to describe the vaccination coverage required to stop the spread of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka using a mathematical modeling strategy. Materials & Methods: This longitudinal study used age-stratified and unstratified Susceptible-Infectious-Recovered (SIR) models. Data on the population's age dist...

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this paper aims at comparing tax effort in iran with that of 14 developing countries including jordan, algeria, malaysia, congo, nicaragua, india, sri lanka, paraguay, tunisia, peru, venezuela, philippine, and south africa. a tax ratio model is developed for this purpose. seemingly unrelated regression (sur) method and panel data for 1994-2002 periods are utilized to estimate the model. the res...

Like Illness in Southern Sri Lanka L. Gayani Tillekeratne, MD; Champica K. Bodinayake, MBBS, MD, MRCP; Ajith Nagahawatte, MBBS, MD; Dhammika Vidanagama, MBBS, MD; Vasantha Devasiri, MBBS, MD; Wasantha Kodikara Arachchi, MBBS, MD, MRCP, DTM&H; Ruvini Kurukulasooriya, BS, MSc; Dharshan De Silva, PhD; Truls Ostbye, MBBS, MBA, PhD; Megan E. Reller, MD, MPH, PhD; Christopher W. Woods, MD, MPH; Globa...

1. Dept. of Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka 2. Dept. of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka 3. Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka 4. Dept. of Biochemistry, Faculty of M...