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Background If smoking is common within a pregnant woman’s social circle, she is more likely to smoke and her chances of succeeding in quitting smoking are reduced.
Eefje Willemse +4 more
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Tobacco control in Australia [PDF]
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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Background and challenges to implementation The Catalan Network of Smoke-Free Hospitals (XCHSF), with 82 hospitals of Catalonia, is coordinated by the Catalan Institute of Oncology and supported by the Health Department of the Catalan Government.
Mercè Margalef +7 more
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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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Strengthening the implementation of the FCTC with a special focus to youth
Background and challenges to implementation Tobacco industry (TI) still target youth despite the FCTC. With novel products and flavours to appeal to first-time smokers, TI seems to aim youth smokers.
Peyman Altan +2 more
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Background and challenges to implementation Tobacco use among school children is a serious problem in India. Lack of proper guidance, urge to imitate elders, peer pressure, misconceptions, availability of variety of tobacco products near schools and ...
Narayan Lad +3 more
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ObjectiveTo examine the impact of indoor workplace smoking ban regulation on smoking behavior among various occupation groups in different regions of China, and to provide a reference for evaluating and promoting smoke-free indoor workplaces.
Xinying ZENG +6 more
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Advocacy with police department for effective implementation of tobacco control polices
Background and challenges to implementation Children and youth in India are vulnerable to tobacco initiation and tobacco industry uses tactics to target this age group violating section 6a of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA 2003) which ...
Narayan Lad +3 more
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Marketing tobacco at the point of sale: a survey of 675 tobacco shops in Mumbai, India
Background Tobacco product advertisements at the point of sale (POS) are an important means for the tobacco industry to market to kids. POS advertisements make tobacco products accessible and desirable to children.
Tshering Bhutia +3 more
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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.
Mackay, Judith +2 more
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