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Tobacco control and cessation challenges in Georgia

open access: yesTobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2016
Tobacco Control Alliance contacted the new government and requested that it fulfils its obligations under the WHO FCTC, ratified in December 2012. The Prime Minister responded adequately, and the government adopted in December 2013, its first tobacco ...
George Bakhturidze
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Compliance with the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: a 9-country study

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background Of the 14 low- and middle-income countries with the greatest number of smokers, nine countries implemented improved packaging laws between 2015 and 2017.
Michael Iacobelli   +3 more
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Passing FCTC compliant tobacco control legislation amid conspicuous industry interference: the case of Senegal

open access: yes, 2018
Background Background and context: Senegal achieved significant legislative advances with the adoption of a Tobacco Control (TC) Act in 1981. However, since 1985, increasingly powerful industry lobbying resulted in important aspects of the Act being ...
Alioune Sylla
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Changes in prevalence of tobacco use and the factors that may affect use among Uganda youth: the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) 2007-2011

open access: yesThe Pan African Medical Journal, 2016
INTRODUCTION: to assess changes from 2007 to 2011 in the prevalence of tobacco use and tobacco-related indicators in Uganda by examining results from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS).
Daniel Kadobera   +4 more
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Use of ultrasonography in assessing peri‐implant osseous defects: An in vitro study

open access: yesJournal of Periodontology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography in peri‐implant defect identification and evaluation, and to compare ultrasonography (USG) with cone‐beam computed tomography (CBCT) in defect identification and evaluation in an in vitro model.
Melissa Rachel Fok   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tobacco control and prevention efforts in Ethiopia pre- and post-ratification of WHO FCTC: current challenges and future directions

open access: yes, 2019
Introduction: Being the second most populous African country, Ethiopia represents a huge opportunity for the tobacco industry to recruit new smokers. Ethiopia signed the convention to ratify WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in 2004 and ...
Tesfaye, Eyasu Teshome   +5 more
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Global health governance and the commercial sector: a documentary analysis of tobacco company strategies to influence the WHO framework convention on tobacco control. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS Medicine, 2012
BackgroundIn successfully negotiating the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the World Health Organization (WHO) has led a significant innovation in global health governance, helping to transform international tobacco control.
Heide Weishaar   +5 more
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Evaluation of the implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in Colombia

open access: yesHealth Policy and Planning, 2021
AbstractEvidence-based interventions recommended in the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control of the World Health Organization (WHO FCTC) are subject to implementation factors that might affect their actual effectiveness. The Colombian law enacting key commitments from WHO’s FCTC was signed in 2009.
Deivis Nicolas Guzman-Tordecilla   +2 more
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A Survey Experiment on How Legal Status of Nicotine Products Influences Young Adults' Perceptions and Choices

open access: yesSouthern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how sales bans influence young adults' perceptions and their interest in using combustible and non‐combustible nicotine products in Türkiye. Using a scenario‐based, between‐subjects experimental design, participants aged 18–30 were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: cigarettes or e‐cigarettes, framed as either
Asena Caner   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Kepentingan Nasional Indonesia Menolak Ratifikasi Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
A one of the international agreements under WHO relating to publik health is the FCTC (Framework Convention on Tobacco Control) which aims to protect people in the world from the threat of the impact of cigarette consumption and the implications of ...
Primawanti, Henike, Subagyo, Agus
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