Open AccessTobacco control in Nepal during a time of government turmoil (1960–2006)
Author(s) -
Dharma Nand Bhatta,
Eric Crosbie,
Stella Aguinaga Bialous,
Stanton A. Glantz
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
tobacco control
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.715
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1468-3318
pISSN - 0964-4563
DOI - 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2019-055066
Subject(s) - tobacco control , tobacco industry , government (linguistics) , context (archaeology) , supreme court , democracy , public health , political science , politics , economic growth , medicine , law , economics , geography , linguistics , philosophy , nursing , archaeology
Nepal was a monarchy, then a dictatorship, then a democracy. This paper reviews how tobacco control progressed in Nepal in the context of these changes in government from 1950 through 2006.