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• Transnational tobacco company influence on tax policy during privatization of a state monopoly: British American Tobacco and Uzbekistan. 

Am J Public Health. 2007 Nov;97(11):2001-9. Epub 2006 Nov 30.
Jump to full article: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), 2007-11-20
Author: Gilmore A, Collin J, Townsend J.

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CONCLUSIONS: Privatization can endanger effective tobacco excise policies. The International Monetary Fund should review its approach to privatization and differentiate the privatization of an industry whose product kills from privatization of other industries.

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