China, India, and Brazil are the three largest tobacco producers worldwide. What do you think would happen to their economies if tobacco crops suddenly disappeared from their territories?

Today, we are discussing this topic with Dr. Jeffrey Drope, who has studied the economics of tobacco farming in many tobacco-growing countries.

Our guest:

Dr. Jeffrey Drope, a research professor in the health policy and administration division of the School of Public Health at University of Illinois Chicago.

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Unlocking the Tobacco Supply Chain is a podcast produced by the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Knowledge Hub for Articles 17 and 18, which is based in Brazil, in the Center for Studies on Tobacco and Health from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.

The information and views set out on this podcast are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), the Parties to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products (the Protocol), or the Secretariat of the WHO FCTC and its Protocols.

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