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Landscape of tobacco control in sub-Saharan Africa
Tobacco Control, 2022 Yearly, tobacco use kills about 8 million people globally, 80% of whom live in low/middle-income countries. Given sub-Saharan Africa’s (SSA) rapidly increasing and youthful population, growing incomes and the increased presence of the tobacco industry ...
C. Egbe +5 more
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Tobacco farming: overcoming an understated impediment to comprehensive tobacco control
Tobacco Control, 2022 Tobacco farming has emerged as an important concern for tobacco control advocates. Tobacco-growing countries face unique and important challenges to comprehensive, intersectoral tobacco control. These challenges stem from narratives that position tobacco
R. Lencucha +3 more
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The effects of tobacco control policies on global smoking prevalence
Nature Network Boston, 2021 Substantial global effort has been devoted to curtailing the tobacco epidemic over the past two decades, especially after the adoption of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control1 by the World Health Organization in 2003.
Luisa S Flor +4 more
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Tobacco control policies in the 21st century: achievements and open challenges
Molecular Oncology, 2021 Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including cancer, are responsible for almost 70% of all deaths worldwide. Tobacco use is a risk factor common to most NCDs.
A. Peruga +3 more
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Journal of Epidemiology, 2022 Background: The objective of this study is to describe the legislation regulating the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in various places in European countries. Methods: A survey among experts from all countries of the World Health Organization
Beladenta Amalia +6 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 European countries have made significant progress in implementing tobacco control policies to reduce tobacco use; however, whether socioeconomic status (SES) of a country may influence the implementation of such policies is unknown. The aim of this study
Ariadna Feliu +6 more
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Tobacco Control in Turkey [PDF]
Turkish Thoracic Journal/Türk Toraks Dergisi, 2015 This report was prepared by WHO within the framework of the Bloomberg Global Tobacco Control Initiative in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the Tobacco and Alcohol Market Regulatory Authority in Turkey. It outlines the current state of tobacco-smoking in Turkey, including the health and social aspects, epidemiological data and economic ...
BOSTAN, Pinar +8 more
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The Lancet, 2013 For the purpose of this article, Asia refers to WHO's combined South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions and thus includes Australia and New Zealand. Asia has the highest number of tobacco users and is the prime target of transnational tobacco companies. The future of global tobacco control rests in this region and the challenges are clear.
Judith Mackay +2 more
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Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2020 Introduction The Tobacco Control Scale (TCS) was designed for advocacy purposes but has also been used as a research tool. In the present study, we characterized TCS use, its limitations and strengths, and critically assessed its use as a research ...
Ariadna Feliu +6 more
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Tobacco taxes as a tobacco control strategy [PDF]
Tobacco Control, 2012 Increases in tobacco taxes are widely regarded as a highly effective strategy for reducing tobacco use and its consequences.The voluminous literature on tobacco taxes is assessed, drawing heavily from seminal and recent publications reviewing the evidence on the impact of tobacco taxes on tobacco use and related outcomes, as well as that on tobacco tax
Ayda Yurekli +2 more
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