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WEB4 days ago · Tobacco Control is a Plan S compliant Transformative Journal. Tobacco Control is an international peer-reviewed journal covering the nature and consequences of tobacco use worldwide; tobacco's effects on population health, the economy, the environment, and society; efforts to prevent and control the global tobacco epidemic …
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WEBWhen publishing in Tobacco Control, authors choose between three licence types – exclusive licence granted to BMJ, CC-BY-NC and CC-BY (Creative Commons open access licences require payment of an article-processing charge).As an author you may wish to post your article in an institutional or subject repository, or on a scientific social sharing …
Tobacco farming: overcoming an understated impediment
WEBTobacco farming has emerged as an important concern for tobacco control advocates. Tobacco-growing countries face unique and important challenges to comprehensive, intersectoral tobacco control. These challenges stem from narratives that position tobacco as an important driver of economic growth and development, perpetuated by tobacco …
Global tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship …
WEBTobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship (TAPS) bans are a cornerstone of comprehensive tobacco control laws. Global progress in implementing TAPS bans has been enabled by the adoption of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Innovative TAPS policies are in place internationally and include: point-of-sale display …
WEBThere are some notable exceptions; California’s Proposition 99 that increased the state’s cigarette tax from US$0.10 to US$0.35 in 1989, for example, dedicated 20% of new tobacco tax revenues to a comprehensive tobacco control programme and an additional 5% of the new revenues to tobacco-related research.
WEBAn ‘opt out’ approach to the provision of smoking- cessation care can distinctly enhance the ability to ensure patients receive the supports required to optimise their cancer care.98 Furthermore, all patients with cancer should continue to have their smoking status monitored after the completion of treatment.
European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD): current impact and …
WEBEfforts to reduce the toll of tobacco-related morbidity and mortality in the European Union are spearheaded by the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), a legal act implemented during 2016–2021, with the overall aim to reduce tobacco consumption by 2% in Europe. Within this time frame, several core tobacco control measures were implemented, the impact of …
Clearing the smoke: the science base for tobacco harm reduction ...
WEBJun 1, 2001 · Tobacco smoke is the cause of the most deadly epidemic of modern times. Smoking causes cancer (for example, lung, oral cavity, oesophagus, larynx, pancreas, bladder, kidney), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), myocardial infarction, and stroke. The continuing toll of tobacco use has prompted the search for means of harm …
Tobacco package health warnings: a global success story
WEBThirty years ago, in 1992, the largest cigarette package health warnings in the world had a size of just 20% of the package front and back. Those warnings, in Canada, were text-only messages in package colours that appeared at the bottom of the front and back surfaces. Over time, warnings have become much larger and the use of graphic pictures has …
Why ban the sale of cigarettes? The case for abolition
WEBThe cigarette is the deadliest artefact in the history of human civilisation. Most of the richer countries of the globe, however, are making progress in reducing both smoking rates and overall consumption. Many different methods have been proposed to steepen this downward slope, including increased taxation, bans on advertising, promotion of …
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