Fikru Tesfaye Tullu

Biographic Data

ID7701998
NAMEFikru Tesfaye Tullu
GIVEN NAMESFikru Tesfaye
FAMILY NAMETullu
SIGNATURETULLU F T
AFFILIATIONSWorld Health Organization - India
ORCID0000-0001-8091-5347
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX0

  • Price elasticity and affordability of aerated or sugar-sweetened beverages in India

    Open AccessRijo M John, Fikru Tesfaye Tullu et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    The taxation policy on ASBs in India has largely been ineffective at increasing the real retail prices of ASBs as a result of which ASB consumption grew. ASBs should be classified along with other unhealthy products like tobacco and alcohol as demerit products for the purpose of taxation and their taxes should be regularly increased sufficiently enough to compensates for both general price inflation and income growth so as to decreases their affo…

  • Food environment in and around schools and colleges of Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR) in India

    Open AccessShalini Bassi, Deepika Bahl et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    It is imperative to implement food policies to improve the food environment in and around educational institutes to ensure the availability of healthy foods to establish and sustain healthy eating behaviours among students. Thus, the study findings emphasise stringent implementation, regular monitoring and surveillance of recently introduced Food Safety and Standards (Safe food and balanced diets for children in school) Regulation 2020, ensuring …

  • Changes in tobacco depictions after implementation of tobacco-free film and TV rules in Bollywood films in India

    Gaurang P Nazar, Monika Arora et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2021

    India's 2012 rules were followed by a reduction in tobacco depictions in Bollywood films. Enhanced monitoring of compliance is needed to ensure the continued effectiveness of the rules

  • The Indian Bidi Industry

    Open AccessMonika Arora, Pritam Datta et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2020

    Background The bidi industry in India is predominantly an unorganized sector. It continues to enjoy tax benefits, arguably, to protect bidi workers’ interests and employment. Our objective was to study trends in employment and wage differentials in the bidi industry using nationally representative data. Methods We studied trends in employment and wages in the bidi industry using secondary data from the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) and the…

  • Tobacco imagery in on-demand streaming content popular among adolescents and young adults in India

    Monika Arora, Gaurang P Nazar et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2020

    Contrary to Section 5 of India's Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, its Rules are not being complied with by the streaming platforms. US-produced streaming media contains more tobacco incidents than Indian-produced media. There is an urgent need for better enforcement of existing Rules on streaming platforms in India, and modernisation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Article 13 guidelines to account for new streaming p…

  • Revisiting the tax treatment of bidis in India

    Open AccessMark Goodchild, Vineet Gill Munish et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2020

    Eliminating India's tax exemptions for small bidis producers would make a significant contribution to tobacco control, both directly by reducing the number of smokers and indirectly by plugging a loophole in the supply chain