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The Tobacco Control Scale as a research tool to measure country-level tobacco control policy implementation
(2020)
INTRODUCTION The Tobacco Control Scale (TCS) was designed for advocacy purposes but has also been used as a research tool. In the present study, we characterized TCS use, its limitations and strengths, and critically ...
Tobacco control litigation: broader impacts on health rights adjudication
(Wiley, 2013-03)
There is perhaps no area of law that so effectively protects human health and thereby advances the right to the highest attainable standard of health, as tobacco control. Globally, tobacco is responsible for 1 in 10 adult ...
Desafios a serem superados: Situação atual envolvendo cessação do tabagismo no cenário odontológico
(2017-07-01)
Objective: Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable illness in the world. The dental office represents an opportunity to smokers approach tobacco use control. Despite this well-known statement tobacco use cessation ...
How to implement Chile's new anti-tobacco law within the university
(PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION, 2008)
On the 16th of May 2006, the Diario Oficial de la Republica de Chile (Official News of the Republic of Chile), published Law No. 20.105, which modified Law No. 19.419 regarding advertising and consumption of tobacco. Since ...
Tobacco control policies in the 21st century: achievements and open challenges
(2021)
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including cancer, are responsible for almost 70% of all deaths worldwide. Tobacco use is a risk factor common to most NCDs. This article discusses tobacco control policies and highlights ...
The Price Elasticity of Cigarettes: New Evidence from Spanish Regions, 2002-2016
Introduction
There is an agreement in the literature that tobacco price elasticity is around −0.4 for given location. Furthermore, works only focus separately, on the temporal dimension or the spatial dimension, however, ...
Tobacco use by sexual and gender minorities: findings from a Brazilian national survey
(British Publisher of Medical Journals, 2023)
The impact of anti-tobacco legislation on birth weight in Peru
(Springer, 2020)
Background: Tobacco exposure remains a significant issue for public health, especially for pregnant women. It increases the risk for premature labor, low birth weight and small for gestational age (SGA), among other effects. ...