Identifying and responding to domestic abuse in cancer care: A mixed methods service evaluation of a training and support intervention.

Purpose: This article reports on a service evaluation of a domestic abuse intervention for hospital-based cancer professionals in two sites. The core component was a training and monitoring process, which hospital-based domestic abuse coordinators led. This role was adapted from a generic hospital role to be cancer specific.

Economy-wide impact of a reduction in tobacco use in India.

Background: Public policy measures aimed at regulating tobacco use should consider the net gains for the nation, as the tobacco sector contributes to employment and tax revenue while also imposing substantial economic burden on the country. This study investigates the economy-wide impact of reducing tobacco consumption in India through the implementation of fiscal measures.

Methods: The study uses a computable general equilibrium model based on the Global Trade Analysis Project model and database and augments the same with several country-specific information on tobacco products, to examine the macroeconomic impact of a targeted reduction in the consumption of bidis, cigarettes and smokeless tobacco by 10% by the year 2026 through the adoption of fiscal measures.

How does the e-cigarette industry respond to tax adjustments? Evidence from China.

Introduction: China enacted an excise tax on e-cigarettes in November 2022, which offers a distinctive opportunity to examine the industry's reactions to this fiscal adjustment. This study delves into the industry's pricing strategies following the introduction of the excise tax, facilitating a thorough assessment of the subsequent impact on market dynamics and the government's revenue streams.

Methods: We developed a TaXSiM model specifically tailored for e-cigarettes in China by integrating the country's e-cigarette tax framework.

Accelerating ethics, empathy, and equity in geographic information science.

Science has traditionally been driven by curiosity and followed one goal: the pursuit of truth and the advancement of knowledge. Recently, ethics, empathy, and equity, which we term “the 3Es,” are emerging as new drivers of research and disrupting established practices. Drawing on our own field of GIScience (geographic information science), our goal is to use the geographic approach to accelerate the response to the 3Es by identifying priority issues and research needs that, if addressed, will advance ethical, empathic, and equitable GIScience.