Dr Hana Ross
Principal Research Officer and SALDRU Research Affiliate
Room 4.13; School of Economics; University of Cape Town
Hana earned her B.A. and M.A. at the Prague School of Economics. In 2000, she received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has over seventeen years’ experience in conducting research on the economics of tobacco control and in management of research projects in low- and middle-income countries, including projects funded by the World Bank, the World Health Organization, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Open Society Institute, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the European Commission, the Bloomberg Global Initiative, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Dr. Ross published more than 60 articles and independent reports on issues related to tobacco taxation, cigarette prices, costs of smoking, illicit trade, youth access laws and other economic aspects of tobacco control. She also co-authored the 3rd and 4th editions of Tobacco Atlas.
Her current research projects focus on the economic impact of tobacco control interventions in Africa, South East Asia, and in the European Union. She is also interested in the economic impact of risk factors associated with non-communicable diseases such as obesity, lack of physical activity, and alcohol consumption. Dr. Ross currently supports several research capacity building projects primarily focusing on Africa and Asia.
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Recent Selected Publications
Vaida Liutkute–Gumarov, Lukas Galkus, Laura Miscikiene, Janina Petkeviciene, Mindaugas Stelemekas, Tadas Telksnys, Justina VaitkeviciÅ«te, Hana Ross. Estimating the size of illicit tobacco market in Lithuania: results from the discarded pack collection method. 2022 (in review)
Arti Singh, Hana Ross, Fiona Dobbie, Allen Gallagher, Tarja Kinunuen, Divine D. Logo, Olivia A. Boateng, Anna Gilmore, Linda Bauld, Ellis Owusu-Dabo. Illicit cigarette sales – Empty pack survey in Ghana. BMJ Tobacco Control, 2022 (in progress)
Arti Singh, Fiona Dobbie, Allen Gallagher, Divine D. Logo, Olivia A. Boateng, Anna Gilmore, Hana Ross, Linda Bauld, Ellis Owusu-Dabo. Illicit tobacco trade in Ghana: insights from a mixed method study. BMJ Tobacco Control, 2022 (in progress)
Micheal Kofi Boachie, Rebecca Nana Yaa Ayifah, Mustapha Immurana, John Agyemang, Arti Singh, Hana Ross. Effect of cigarette prices on cigarette consumption in Ghana. Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports. 2022 (in review)
Wency Bui Kher Thinng, Hana Ross, and Norashidah Mohamed Nor. The Magnitude of Illicit Cigarette Trade in Malaysia. Empirical Evidence Compared to Industry studies. Tobacco Control 2021 (in review)
Vaida LiutkutÄ–Gumarov and Hana Ross. Tobacco industry compliance with the EU track and
tracing system in Lithuania. Tobacco Control. 2021 (in print)
Hana Ross. Lost Funds: A Study on the Tobacco Tax Revenue Gap in selected ASEAN countries. Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance. Bangkok. Thailand. 2021.
Hana Ross and Luk Joossens. Tackling Illicit Tobacco during COVID-19 Pandemic. Tobacco Induced Diseases. 2021;19(June):47; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/137086