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Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background India has been a Party of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control since more than a Decade, National Tobacco-Control Program (NTCP), of India is in place.
Heena Shaikh, Kishor Mogulluru
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Tobacco prevention in Greek school community
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background and challenges to implementation Tobacco prevention and cessation are two key approaches of tackling the tobacco epidemic. Nearly all first use of tobacco occurs before secondary school graduation; hence if adolescents can be kept away from ...
Marina Demi +7 more
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Engaging youth in anti-tobacco awareness campaigns in India
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 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, easy availability of variety of tobacco products and innovative ...
Rajashree Kadam +2 more
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The landscape of tobacco control in Africa
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background Tobacco use prevalence in Africa is projected to rise over the next 15 years without stronger tobacco control measures. However, little research details the scope of tobacco control research being conducted in Africa.
Mark Paracandola +3 more
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Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background Between 2011 and 2016, Global Bridges (GB) in Latin America successfully trained health care providers (HCP) in declarative and procedural knowledge and confidence in competencies (Moore `s level 3A, B and 4).
Gustavo Zabert +7 more
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Implementing effective pricing and taxation measures for prevention and control of smokeless tobacco
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background There are approximately 346 million adult smokeless tobacco (SLT) users in the world dominated by the South-East Asian region accounting for nearly 86%. India alone accounts for 67% of the SLT users in the world.
Amit Yadav +4 more
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Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background Adolescent electronic cigarette (EC) use in relation to exposure to advertising has rarely been studied outside Western settings. We investigated the exposure to EC advertising in Hong Kong adolescents and its association with the intention ...
Lok Tung Leung +4 more
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Goods and service tax reform and estimated impact on tobacco products in India
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background The indirect tax system in India is undergoing a major overhaul with a national Goods & Services Tax (GST) expected to be rolled out in 2017.
Rijo M John +2 more
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Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background Around 40% of children worldwide are exposed to tobacco smoke by their parents. Interventions to reduce exposure have limited success. Parental reports often do not match biomarker reports of children's exposure.
Vicki Myers Gamliel +2 more
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Cigarette affordability and impacts of 2014 tax reform in Vietnam
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background Vietnam revised the Excise Tax Law in 2014 leading to an increase of the cigarette excise tax rate from 65% of ex-factory price to 70% in January 2016, and to 75% in January 2019. The government plans to make other excise tax reforms in 2018.
Thi Tuyet Tran +5 more
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