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Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background and challenges to implementation With tobacco advertising, sponsorship and promotion (2003) and point of sale displays (2015) prohibited, tobacco packaging had become the main source of promotion in the UK.
Ailsa Rutter +3 more
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Cigarette smoking and reasons for leaving school among school dropouts in South Africa
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background School dropouts are those between 13-20 years old, have not completed their schooling and are not currently enrolled in school. School dropouts are at heightened risk of tobacco use and developing tobacco related disease and disability ...
Rachana Desai +4 more
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Does change in perception of tobacco risk affect smokers' behaviour? - An empirical analysis
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background Information dissemination on harmful effects of tobacco has always been a major tool for reducing tobacco consumption in all countries. This paper studies how a change in the Perception of Tobacco Risk (PTR) affects the attitude of smokers ...
Iftekharul Huq +3 more
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Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background Cigarette smoking is a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality, in developing countries interest in smoking prevalence has been growing since 1999.
Davies Kalunga +5 more
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Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background Hookah tobacco smoking has increased worldwide yet there is little evidence for the efficacy of pharmacological therapies to achieve abstinence among hookah smokers.
Omara Dogar +6 more
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A quantitative analysis of the 2015 WHO MPOWER report
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background A report of the MPOWER activities of countries worldwide is published once every two years by the WHO. Our objective was to perform a quantitative analysis of WHO report on tobacco control program in countries and regions to make a simple ...
Gholamreza Heydari
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Surcharge tax for tobacco and health promotion: measure for sustainable development
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background and challenges to implementation Funding for public health is a major problem in many countries especially in low income countries where the burden of disease is huge. In developing countries, while infectious diseases are still a problem, non-
May Myat Cho, Bungon Ritthiphakdee
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Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background The FCTC country reports indicate that 70% of the reporting parties have implemented Article 12 in their jurisdictions. The MPOWER Report 2015 also indicates that nearly 40% of the Parties conducted at least one anti-tobacco national mass ...
Amit Yadav +3 more
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Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background and challenges to implementation Implementation of FCTC in China has been slow, especially pack warning. After three upgrades, China's current pack warnings are still limited to only generic health impact text with no graphs.
Yu Xie +5 more
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Financing alternatives to tobacco growing: Philippine experience in implementing Art. 17 and 18
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018 Background and challenges to implementation The tobacco industry has perpetuated the myth that alternatives to tobacco are not economically viable or are non-existent.
Jennie Lyn Reyes
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