Tobacco and household expenditure in Egypt: insights into socioeconomic inequalities and spending profiles from the Household Income, Expenditure and Consumption Survey

Abstract Background Tobacco use deepens poverty. Egypt, a lower-middle income country, is one of the few countries worldwide where tobacco use is rising. However, no published study examined the adverse impacts of tobacco on the Egyptian household welfare, specifically after the first Egyptian Pound...

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Published in:	BMC Public Health
Main Authors:	Aya Mostafa, Rasha Saad Hussein
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2025-02-01
Subjects:	Tobacco expenditure Income quintiles Poverty Inequality Household Health policy
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21676-w