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Cigarette affordability and impacts of 2014 tax reform in Vietnam

open access: yesTobacco 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
doaj   +1 more source

The North East of England successfully uniting as a region behind the campaign for the implementation of standardised packaging

open access: yesTobacco 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
doaj   +1 more source

Cigarette smoking and reasons for leaving school among school dropouts in South Africa

open access: yesTobacco 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
doaj   +1 more source

Transnational advocacy networks confront transnational tobacco marketing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Version of RecordWorld Health Organization's (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) is a major blow to the worldwide expansion strategies and marketing practices of transnational tobacco companies.
Mukherjee, Amit, Tyrrell, Brian
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Punching above their weight through policy learning : tobacco control policies in Ireland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Ireland’s tobacco control policy today is recognised as one of the strongest in Europe and the world, largely on the basis of its first-in-the world general workplace smoking ban in 2004.
Studlar, Donley T.
core   +1 more source

Does change in perception of tobacco risk affect smokers' behaviour? - An empirical analysis

open access: yesTobacco 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
doaj   +1 more source

To assess control measures for tobacco consumption in Zambia between 2014 and 2017. What are the gaps?

open access: yesTobacco 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
doaj   +1 more source

"Quit to Win": a smoking cessation promotion and scientific research project with community participation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Poster Discussion 47. Benefits of Community Collaboration and Outreach: no. PD-1146-21Conference Theme: Tobacco and Non-Communicable DiseasesBACKGROUND: In Hong Kong, the daily smoking prevalence dropped to 10.7% in 2012.
Kwong, A   +4 more
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Factors Associated with Quit Attempts and Smoking Cessation in Brazil: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Brazil Survey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background:In Brazil, the treatment of tobacco dependence is available at no cost. This study aimed to identify factors associated with attempting to quit and of successful smoking cessation in a population-based sample of Brazilian smokers.Methods:Data ...
Casado, Leticia   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of varenicline in hookah tobacco smokers in Pakistan

open access: yesTobacco 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
doaj   +1 more source

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