{
  "abstract": "Background Tobacco use imposes significant economic burden, particularly in low and middle-income countries, diverting household income from essential needs. This study estimates the potential economic uplift of Indian households through tobacco cessation, informing tobacco control and poverty alleviation policies aligned with SDG 1 (No Poverty) and SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being).Methods We analysed data from the National Sample Survey 2022–23 Household Consumption Expenditure Survey covering 261 746 households. Households were classified into quintiles based on monthly per capita consumption expenditure (MPCE). Economic uplift was estimated by adding household tobacco expenditure back to total consumption, assuming increased financial capacity post-cessation, with separate analyses for rural and urban households.Results Tobacco cessation could uplift 20.49 million households (10.6%) to higher economic classes, with greater impact in rural areas (11.64%; 17 million) against urban regions (7.26%; 3.5 million). Among the poorest households, 12.4% (5.62 million) could improve their economic status, enabling spending on essential needs. Middle-income households demonstrate substantial upward mobility potential (16.8%; 7.1 million).Conclusion These findings demonstrate the direct economic benefits of tobacco cessation, emphasising the need to integrate tobacco control with poverty reduction strategies through enhanced taxation, cessation support programmes and awareness campaigns targeting both health and financial benefits.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Health Systems Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India"
      ],
      "name": "Montu Bose"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Preventive Oncology & Population Health, WHO FCTC Knolwedge Hub on Smokeless Tobacco (KH-SLT), National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR-NICPR), Noida, India",
        "Faculty of Medical Research, The Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, India"
      ],
      "name": "Prashant Kumar Singh"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, India",
        "Faculty of Mathematical and Information Sciences, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, India"
      ],
      "name": "Lucky Singh"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Preventive Oncology & Population Health, WHO FCTC Knolwedge Hub on Smokeless Tobacco (KH-SLT), National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR-NICPR), Noida, India"
      ],
      "name": "Shalini Singh"
    }
  ],
  "title": "The economics of quitting: estimating the uplift potential of Indian households through tobacco cessation",
  "uid": "514526df-0b0f-5d8f-a305-8b800a420900"
}