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Advocacy with police department for effective implementation of tobacco control polices

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
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, Deepak Patil, Ajay Pilankar, Rajashree Kadam   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Product variety and regulation avoidance in the sale of new tobacco products: findings from a point-of-sale survey in Indonesia

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2022
Background Since the imposition of the 2018 excise tax, new tobacco products (electronic nicotine delivery system, heated tobacco products, and nicotine pouches) have been considered legal, and their sale has grown rapidly in Indonesia.
Mouhamad Bigwanto, Fathi Muhammad, Sarah Muthia Widad, Laksmana Yudha   +3 more
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The environmental and health impacts of tobacco agriculture, cigarette manufacture and consumption. [PDF]

, 2015
The health consequences of tobacco use are well known, but less recognized are the significant environmental impacts of tobacco production and use.
Bialous, Stella Aguinaga, Burt, Lindsay, Curtis, Clifton, da Costa, Vera Luiza, Iqtidar, Silvae Usman, Liu, Yuchen, Novotny, Thomas E, Pujari, Sameer, Tursan d'Espaignet, Edouard   +8 more
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Widespread violations of point-of-sale advertisements of tobacco products law around schools in India

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background In India, children and youth between the ages of 15 and 24 years are vulnerable to tobacco initiation. Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) India 2009 showed that 14.6% youth aged 13 to 15 years were tobacco users.
Tshering Bhutia, Abhiram Mehendale, Narayan Lad, Rajashree Kadam   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advocacy by children to remove surrogate products advertisements on the public transport buses in Mumbai

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background and challenges to implementation Section 5 of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA, 2003) of India prohibits direct and indirect advertisements of tobacco products.
Narayan Lad, Varun Shankar, Deepak Patil, Rajashree Kadam   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health professional students’ perceptions regarding their role in tobacco control: findings from the Global Health Professional Students Survey, Pakistan, 2011 [PDF]

, 2014
Background: An important way of reducing tobacco use is to train the health professional (HP) students to assist in tobacco cessation by educating patients and public.
Aslam, Syeda Kanwal, Shafique, Kashif, Zaheer, Sidra   +2 more
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Perceptions of risk and use of smoked tobacco products among youth

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background India is experiencing an epidemic of tobacco use among its youth. Evidence suggests that smoking tobacco is likely to increase due to tobacco industry's youth centered marketing strategies.
Tshering Bhutia, Abhiram Mehendale, Narayan Lad, Rajashree Kadam   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tobacco control in China

The 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, Dan, Xiao, Maigeng, Zhou, Richard, Peto, Zhengming, Chen   +4 more
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Smoking behaviour, involuntary smoking, attitudes towards smoke-free legislations, and tobacco control activities in the European Union [PDF]

, 2013
The six most important cost-effective policies on tobacco control can be measured by the Tobacco Control Scale (TCS). The objective of our study was to describe the correlation between the TCS and smoking prevalence, self-reported exposure to secondhand ...
Clancy, Luke, Fernández Muñoz, Esteve, Fu Balboa, Marcela, Gallus, Silvano, La Vecchia, Carlo, Martínez Martínez, Cristina, Martínez Sánchez, Jose M., Sureda, Xisca   +7 more
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E-cigarette marketing online: characteristics of websites serving the Indian market

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), commonly known as e-cigarettes in India are an emerging and controversial product in tobacco control debates.
Narayan Lad, Abhiram Mehendale, Varun Shankar, Rajashree Kadam   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source