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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

Measuring cigarette dependence: A comparison of two scales in two different groups of smokers

open access: yesTobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2022
Introduction The Fagerström Test for Cigarette Dependence (FTCD) and the Cigarette Dependence Scale (CDS) are usually used to assess cigarette dependence in clinical- and population-based studies.
Marcela Fu   +11 more
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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
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Tobacco control in China

open access: yesThe Lancet Public Health, 2023
Chinese men consume around 40% of the world's cigarettes, causing a substantial and growing burden of tobacco-attributed death and disease. In 2005, the Chinese Government ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, and tobacco control measures have since increased nationwide.
Ka Hung, Chan   +4 more
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The EU Joint Action on Tobacco Control

open access: yesTobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2019
The Joint Action on Tobacco Control (JATC) was launched in October 2017. This comprehensive EU funded project aims to provide support for the implementation of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) across the 28 EU Member States.
Joint Action on Tobacco Control Consortium
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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
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