Rong Zheng

ORCID: 0000-0001-5870-6821
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Research Areas
  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Climate variability and models
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management
  • Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
  • Public Health and Nutrition
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Japanese History and Culture
  • Asian Culture and Media Studies
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management
  • Canadian Policy and Governance

Guangdong Ocean University
2022-2025

University of International Business and Economics
2011-2025

China Tobacco
2021-2024

Western Illinois University
2020-2023

Decision Sciences (United States)
2020-2023

Guangzhou University
2021-2022

Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
2018

World Bank Group
2018

Federal Research Institute for Health Organization and Informatics
2018

Yunnan University
2018

The Healthy China 2030 strategy sets ambitious targets for China's policy-makers, including a decrease in the smoking rate from 27.7% 2015 to 20% by 2030. has made progress on tobacco control recent years, but many key measures remain underused. This study explores potential full implementation of these achieve targeted reduction 2030.First, 'business as usual' scenario cigarette market was developed based only underlying economic parameters. Second, non-price were then added assuming they...

10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054372 article EN cc-by-nc Tobacco Control 2018-07-20

With the economic development of various countries and deepening population aging, health plays an increasingly important role in macro-economy. How to meet growing needs as well promote economy has captured attention world. Therefore, whether investment can growth is theoretical practical issue. An extended Mankiw–Romer–Weil model (MRW) with human capital aging employed examine impact on from investment. On basis model, this paper uses LSDV TSLS methods carry out empirical study based...

10.3390/ijerph18041801 article EN International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021-02-12

Abstract This study examines the influence of microfinance institutions’ (MFIs) financial innovation on structural transformation. For this purpose, we considered a household survey from Nepal. The collected data various individual and characteristics, borrowing patterns, occupations over years. key question focused before after borrowing, categorical response variable indicating 1 for occupational change 0 otherwise. Therefore, use logistic regression to estimate probability change, given...

10.1186/s40854-024-00738-9 article EN cc-by Financial Innovation 2025-01-15

In 2015, the Chinese government raised tobacco excise tax for first time since 2009. Changing from previous practice, State Tobacco Monopoly Administration its cigarette prices at same time. We assessed early impact of 2015 increase on prices, sales volumes, revenue generation and potential effect prevalence smoking in China. Between 2014 2016, retail price cigarettes increased average by 11%, with cheapest category brands increasing 20%. The proportion rose 51.7% to 55.7%. Annual decreased...

10.2471/blt.17.205989 article EN cc-by Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2018-05-14

Abstract Introduction Despite the Chinese government's implementation of tax increases in 2009 and 2015 to curb tobacco use, anticipated decline cigarette sales has not materialized. This suggests a need for deeper understanding smokers' demand behavior. The present study aims provide more accurate estimation price income elasticities cigarettes China. Methods We utilized Deaton's model analyze comprehensive micro-level dataset comprising 10,892 households surveyed 2012 wave China Family...

10.1093/ntr/ntaf020 article EN Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2025-02-06

Background Cigarette smoking imposes substantial health and economic burdens on China, yet its full impact remains significantly underestimated based outdated data. This study aims to comprehensively assess the direct indirect costs of cigarette from 2014 2020. Methods From a societal perspective, uses subtractive method in conjunction with propensity score matching estimate costs, particularly excess healthcare expenditures incurred by people who smoke compared those have never smoked....

10.1136/tc-2024-059099 article EN Tobacco Control 2025-03-22

The shift in the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) and poleward expansion of Hadley circulation termini have attracted many investigations, since they affect hydrological cycle hence societies ecosystems tropical subtropical areas. Using observed precipitation three atmospheric reanalysis data sets, different methods been employed to quantify changes ITCZ position, width, terminus center intensity both hemispheres over global seven longitudinal sections. It is found that position from...

10.3390/atmos16040367 article EN cc-by Atmosphere 2025-03-24

Driven by the wave of informatization and intelligence, smart city has become a new trend global urban development. The intelligent transformation energy systems is great importance to city. Internet helps sustainable development cities optimizing resource allocation, improving utilization efficiency, promoting market competition. This study analyzes current situation problems supporting finds that policy environment, technology maturity, demand, industrial chain integration have significant...

10.26689/pbes.v8i2.10316 article EN Proceedings of Business and Economic Studies 2025-04-28

<h3>Objective</h3> To explain China9s cigarette pricing mechanism and the role of Chinese State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA) on taxation. <h3>Methods</h3> Published government tobacco tax documentation statistics published by STMA are used to analyse interrelations among industry profits, taxes retail price cigarettes in China. <h3>Results</h3> The 2009 excise increase China has not translated into higher prices because its policy authority ensure that did change. is being...

10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050027 article EN Tobacco Control 2011-10-07

Background Despite the tremendous economic and health costs imposed on China by tobacco use, lacks a proactive systematic control surveillance evaluation system, hampering research progress tobacco-focused studies. Methods This paper uses online search query analyses to investigate changes in behavior among Chinese Internet users response adoption of national indoor public place smoking ban. Baidu Index Google Trends were used examine volume queries containing three key terms "Smoking...

10.1371/journal.pone.0065577 article EN cc-by PLoS ONE 2013-06-11

The Chinese government raised tobacco tax on 10th May 2015, 10 years after the ratification of WHO Framework Convention control. increase in resulting rate as a percentage retail price from 49% to 56% is still relatively low compared WHO-recommended benchmark, which about 70% price. Therefore, ample room remains for further cigarettes.

10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2015-052534 article EN Tobacco Control 2015-11-20

Background Lung cancer is substantially attributable to smoking, but detailed related estimates on smoking-attributable expenditure (SAE) in China are not available yet, which could inform tobacco control and prevention initiatives. Methods A prevalence-based approach was adopted estimate the total SAE, including direct (medical non-medical) indirect cost (disability premature death). Detailed per-patient data work-loss days were acquired from a unique multicentre survey China. Other...

10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054767 article EN Tobacco Control 2019-05-09

<h3>Background</h3> While cigarette purchasing behaviour has been shown to be linked with certain tobacco use outcomes such as quit intentions and attempts, there have very few studies examining behaviours their impact on price consumption in China, the world9s largest consumer. <h3>Objective</h3> The aim of present study was examine extent determinants cost/price-related purchase behaviours, estimate these prices paid by Chinese smokers. It also assesses socioeconomic differences...

10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051057 article EN Tobacco Control 2013-09-18

Few studies have examined the impact of tobacco tax and price policies in China. In addition, very little is known about differential responses to increases based on socioeconomic status China.To estimate conditional cigarette consumption elasticity among adult urban smokers China examine groups with different income and/or educational levels.Multivariate analyses employing general estimating equations method were conducted using first three waves International Tobacco Control (ITC) Survey....

10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-052091 article EN Tobacco Control 2015-04-08

China is world's largest market of machine-made cigarettes. In 2015, more than 315 million or around 26.9% the adult population in were smokers-50.6% among men and 2.2% women. Growing affordability cigarettes led to increased cigarette consumption detriment public health. This study investigated whether level growth was equally shared by smokers from all demographic socio-economic statuses (SES) across price tiers brands. The data came urban smoker sample (≥18 years) International Tobacco...

10.3390/ijerph16071205 article EN International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019-04-03

China is in the midst of an epidemic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which has increasingly accounted for a growing share disease burden, due part to China's ongoing rapid socioeconomic changes and population aging. Smoking, second leading health risk factors associated with NCDs China, disproportionately affects old more than their younger counterparts. Using survey data from Health Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), this study evaluated impact cigarette affordability on smoking...

10.3390/ijerph16234832 article EN International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019-12-01

The energy budget imbalance at the top of atmosphere (TOA) and flow in Earth’s system plays an essential role climate change over global regional scales. Under constraint observations, radiative fluxes TOA have been reconstructed prior to CERES (Clouds Radiant Energy System) between 1985 2000. total atmospheric divergence has mass corrected based on ERA5 (the fifth generation ECMWF ReAnalysis) reanalysis by a newly developed method considering enthalpy removing water vapor, which avoids...

10.3390/atmos13101738 article EN cc-by Atmosphere 2022-10-21

The landfalls of the tropical cyclone (TC) along coast China have caused huge economic damages. There are approximately nine TC in every year. It will be beneficial if landfall frequency can predicted advance. Inspired by study Sparks and Toumi (Commun Earth Environ, 30-1-2020), six datasets, including four ocean reanalyses two object analyses from 1993 to 2019, employed consistency relationship between thermocline temperature anomalies at different longitudes coastal areas (South China,...

10.3389/feart.2023.1329702 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Earth Science 2023-12-29

(1) Background: Many studies have shown that increasing taxation on cigarettes does play a role in tobacco control, but few focused whether cigarette excise taxes significantly affects alcohol consumption. In this article, we aim to examine the effects of China’s 2015 increase tax residents’ regular drinking behavior. (2) Methods: Using survey data from China Family Panel Studies (CFPS), performed panel logit regression analysis model relationship between and The Propensity Score Matching...

10.3390/ijerph17093327 article EN International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020-05-11

Understanding the water cycle change under a warming climate is essential, particularly ocean to land moisture transport, which affects precipitation over areas and influences society ecosystem. Using ERA5 data from 1988 2020, time series of transport trend across boundary each continent, including Eurasia, Africa, North America, South Antarctic, Australia, Greenland, have been investigated. The inflow outflow sections identified for continent. trends convergence Antarctic are all positive,...

10.3390/atmos13101694 article EN cc-by Atmosphere 2022-10-16
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