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    Alcohol

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    When the word alcohol is brought up‚ what do you think about? What comes to my mind is parties‚ and what people think they have to drink to have fun. Did you know that over 5‚000 people under the age of 21 die each year from alcohol-related car crashes‚ suicides‚ homicides‚ alcohol poisoning‚ and other injuries such as falls‚ burns‚ and drowning? Alcohol can be a very dangerous substance if not treated correctly and drank responsibly. Alcohol is a form of a drug but unlike the other drug‚ marijuana

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    Camel Cigarettes

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    Strike it Rich! An Analysis of an Advertisement for Camel Cigarettes Debuting in 1990‚ the Camel Cash Lotto advertisement would appear in store windows‚ magazines and newspapers. It would take up one full side of a page and unless it was in the newspaper it would be in color. The yellow bolded words “Strike It Rich!” appear at the top of the page‚ with the next two lines saying “Camel Cash Lotto” in a larger‚ red bolded font with a thin yellow outline. It meshes nicely with the green background

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    Q 1. Cigarettes are often cited in economics texts as an example of a particular type of market failure. Identify that market failure‚ and illustrate the failure using an appropriate diagram. Ans. Cigarettes represents a market failure of externatilities. They are sited as negative externality as they affect the wellbeing of the bystander and the person neither pays nor receives any compensation for that negative effect. A smoker enjoys the puff of the smoke and the bystander inhales the fumes

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    Price Elasticity of Demand

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    Assignment 2 Price Elasticity Of Demand Price Elasticity of Demand is the quantitative measure of consumer behavior whereby there is indication of response of quantity demanded for a product or service to change in price of the good or service ( Mankiw‚2007). The Price Elasticity of Demand is calculated using either the point method or the midpoint method. The Point Method Price Elasticity of Demand = Percentage change of Quantity Demanded Percentage change of Price The Midpoint Method

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    of Smoking Cigarettes In this life many addictions or temptations can jump their way into the paths of many people. For example‚ some people get addicted to drugs‚ alcohol‚ and also money. Staying away from these day to day temptations is tough but is crucial to having a healthy lifestyle. Being a little more specific‚ people can get addicted to smoking cigarettes. Cigarettes contain nicotine‚ which is what people get addicted to and makes them want to have more. Smoking cigarettes can take a

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    simply because first of all banning tobacco‚ cigarettes would mean that these products will also lead to a loss of revenue in form of Excise duty and VAT tax for the government‚ and unemployment for lakhs. Taking the case of a reputed Indian company ITC‚ ITC is responsible for selling about 82% of cigarettes available in the country‚ which contributes to 87% of its profits. ITC contributes about Rs 54‚000 Cr to the GDP. Clearly the contribution of Cigarettes to the GDP is significant and cannot be overlooked

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    Cigarettes in india

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    DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS MARKETING RESEARCH Analyzing Cigarette Consumption in India 2014 -15 No Content Page no: 1 Introduction 3 1.1 Weather & climate 3 1.2 Religion & language 3 1.3 Indian

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    Alcohol

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    ________________________________________ Absorption Alcohol is absorbed from all parts of the gastrointestinal tract largely by simple diffusion into the blood. However the small intestine is by far the most efficient region of the gastrointestinal tract for alcohol absorption because of its very large surface area. In a fasting individual‚ it is generally agreed that 10% to 20% of a dose of alcohol is absorbed from the stomach (the volume of alcohol affects the absorption) and 75% to 80% is absorbed

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    alcohol

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    chemistry‚ an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxyl functional group (-OH) is bound to a carbon atom. In particular‚ this carbon center should be saturated‚ having single bonds to three other atoms.[1] An important class of alcohols are the simple acyclic alcohols‚ the general formula for which is CnH2n+1OH. Of those‚ ethanol (C2H5OH) is the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages‚ and in common speech the word alcohol refers specifically to ethanol. Other alcohols are usually

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    Demand Analysis

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    Demand Analysis : Demand refers to the quantity of a commodity that customers are willing to buy at a given price over a specified period of time. Law of Demand states that quantity demanded varies inversely with price of the commodity‚ that means‚ people will buy more at lower price and buy less at higher price‚ other factors remaining same. Elasticity of Demand : Elasticity of Demand for a commodity is the measure or degree of change in the quantity demanded in response to a given price

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