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Tobacco control in Asia [PDF]

open access: bronzeThe 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
openalex   +3 more sources

The association between tobacco control policy implementation and country-level socioeconomic factors in 31 European countries

open access: yesScientific 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
doaj   +1 more source

Regulation of Electronic Cigarette Use in Public and Private Areas in 48 Countries Within the WHO European Region: A Survey to In-country Informants

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +1 more source

Tobacco taxes as a tobacco control strategy [PDF]

open access: yesTobacco 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
Frank J, Chaloupka   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Tobacco Control in Turkey [PDF]

open access: yesTurkish 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
openaire   +4 more sources

The Tobacco Control Scale as a research tool to measure country-level tobacco control policy implementation

open access: yesTobacco 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
doaj   +1 more source

Tracking progress of tobacco control in Pakistan against the MPOWER package of interventions : challenges and opportunities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
MPOWER is an evidence-based package of the six most effective demand reduction interventions to reduce tobacco use. Global evidence shows that introduction of this package has accelerated and strengthened tobacco control worldwide with over 5 billion ...
Gill, Paramjit   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Cigarette availability and affordability among Chinese youth smokers: Findings from the 2019 China Youth Tobacco Survey

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2022
Introduction Preventing youth from tobacco use is a priority for tobacco control in China, and the government has taken many measures such as introducing tobacco control in the health education curriculum, banning smoking in school, promoting smoke-free ...
Xinbo Di+   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tobacco control in Australia [PDF]

open access: yesTobacco Control, 2003
What is special about Australia? Sporting teams that usually win, poisonous snakes, and aggressive crocodiles all come to mind. But the country is also a world leader in tobacco control, as signified by the picture on the front cover. The detached eye was one of the iconic images used in a national tobacco control campaign notable for its media ...
A, Woodward, I, Kawachi
openaire   +2 more sources

Evaluating individual and context factors in tobacco cessation interventions

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background Previous research has identified that smoking cessation interventions are poorly implemented into the routine practice. Both, provider and organizational factors could intervene as facilitators or barriers.
Yolanda Castellano   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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