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Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UC …; … - 2004

The Tobacco Atlas is intended for anyone concerned with personal or political health, governance, politics, economics, big business, corporate behaviour, smuggling, tax, religion, internet, allocation of resources, human development and the future. It will be useful for UN agencies, governments...

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Tobacco Free * Japan: Recommendations for Tobacco Control Policy

Mochizuki-Kobayashi, Y; Samet, JM; Yamaguchi, N - Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UC … - 2004

Worldwide, tobacco use is a leading cause of preventable disease and premature death. For a century, large corporations have manufactured and sold cigarettes, a highly, addictive tobacco product. Today, over 1 billion people smoke. In recent decades, as smoking has declined in developed...

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The Surveillance and Monitoring of Tobacco Control in South Africa

Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UC …; … - 2003

South Africa is situated at the southernmost tip of Africa and is divided into nine provinces: Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo Province and North West Province. It has a population of approximately 43 million, half of whom are...

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A Study on the Economics of Tobacco in Nepal

Karki, Yagya B.; Pant, Kiran Dev; Pande, Badri Raj - Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UC … - 2003

This study is based both on secondary and primary data. The primary data were collected using a smoking behavior survey and a purposive sample survey among tobacco-cultivating farmers. The tobacco industry is a lucrative business for the private sector and government; the private sector makes...

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Tobacco industry research on smoking cessation - Recapturing young adults and other recent quitters

Ling, P M; Glantz, S A - Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UC … - 2004

Background: Smoking rates are declining in the United States, except for young adults (age 18 to 24). Few organized programs target smoking cessation specifically for young adults, except programs for pregnant women. In contrast, the tobacco industry has invested much time and money studying...

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Policies to Reduce Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke

Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UC …; … - 2000

Group concluded that public health policy and actions should aim at eliminating exposure to ETS by creating smoke …

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Shifting Attitudes Towards Tobacco Control in Tobacco Country: Tobacco Industry Political Influence and Tobacco Policy Making in South Carolina

Sullivan BA, Sarah; Barnes, Richard L JD; Glantz, … - Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UC … - 2009

being a â€œtobacco growing stateâ€ continued to have a disproportionately large impact on tobacco control policy making … Tobacco Price Support system, and increasing purchase of foreign tobacco. Tobacco control Policy Score rankings of 2007 … to ensure defeat or manipulation of tobacco control bills. The 2007/2008 Policy Scores indicated that this was no longer …

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Protection from exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke. Policy recommendations.

Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UC …; … - 2007

â€“ also have a positive impact on health. These experiences offer numerous, consistent lessons learnt, which policy …

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Tobacco Control in Hawai'i: Progress in Paradise

Barnes, Richard L JD; PhD, Jennifer R. McCarthy; … - Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UC … - 2008

Tobacco industry money has not been successful in recent years in buying support from lawmakers in Hawai'i. Since 2001, major legislation on clean indoor air, tobacco tax increases and a tobacco tax stamp measure have passed by comfortable margins. In 1994, the City Council of Honolulu passed...

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Protection From Exposure to Second-Hand Tobacco Smoke: Policy recommendations

Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UC …; … - 2007

, consistent lessons learnt, which policy-makers should consider to ensure the successful implementation of public policies that …

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