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Trends in Level of Implementation of the WHO FCTC Article 5.3 in India. [PDF]

open access: yesTob Use Insights, 2023
Introduction The tobacco industry intends to ensure continuing marketing of tobacco products by influencing and interfering in tobacco control policies. This paper assessed trends of tobacco industry interference (TII), the level of implementation, and the government’s response to enforcing Article 5.3 ...
Bassi S   +10 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

WHO FCTC Article 14 enforcement in Albania: An urgent issue to tackle. [PDF]

open access: yesTob Prev Cessat, 2019
Tobacco use is a major preventable risk factor for non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer etc. Smoking prevalence in Albania is high. The country ratified the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) in 2006 and has passed different bills and adopted strict tobacco control laws during the ...
Mechili EA   +4 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Tobacco Smoking and Cardiovascular Health in Africa: Trends, Interventions, and Policy Implications-A Narrative Review. [PDF]

open access: yesHealth Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Tobacco smoking in Africa presents a significant public health challenge, particularly concerning cardiovascular health among young adults and men. While global smoking prevalence has declined, World Health Organization (WHO) projections estimate that the total number of tobacco smokers in Africa will rise from 57 million ...
Fatokun BS   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Social desirability and under-reporting of smokeless tobacco use among reproductive age women: Evidence from National Family Health Survey

open access: yesSSM: Population Health, 2022
Introduction: This study hypothesises that the presence of a third person during the interaction between the survey investigator and the woman respondent leads to underreporting of smokeless tobacco (SLT) use by Indian women, including pregnant and ...
Prashant Kumar Singh   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Smokeless tobacco industry's brand stretching through FM radio: A study from Delhi National Capital Region, India

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2022
Smokeless tobacco (SLT) consumption is associated with multiple adverse health effects and mortality, with the highest burden in India. The WHO FCTC has banned tobacco advertisement, promotion and sponsorship via Article 13. Indian laws also prohibit any
Prashant Kumar Singh   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The WHO FCTC’s lessons for addressing the commercial determinants of health [PDF]

open access: yesHealth Promotion International, 2021
Summary The tobacco, alcohol, beverage, processed food, firearms, gambling, fossil fuel and mining industries, inter alia, are implicated in fostering negative commercial determinants of health. They do this by shaping our environments, tastes, knowledge and politics in favour of the unlimited consumption and unencumbered promotion of ...
openaire   +2 more sources

The case for investment in tobacco control: lessons from four countries in the Americas

open access: yesRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2022
Objective. To synthesize learnings from four national tobacco control investment cases conducted in the Americas (Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Suriname) under the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) 2030 ...
Brian Hutchinson   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

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