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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464850603321

Titolo

Reducing tobacco-related cancer incidence & mortality : workshop summary / / Erin Balogh, Margie Patlak, and Sharyl J. Nass, Rapporteurs ; National Cancer Policy Forum, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

0-309-26402-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (131 p.)

Disciplina

362.29/6

Soggetti

Tobacco use - Health aspects

Smoking - Prevention

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Changing demographics of tobacco use -- Changing patterns of tobacco use -- Tobacco use and cancer -- Tobacco dependence -- Tobacco cessation programs -- Overview of tobacco control laws -- Antismoking laws and regulations -- Successful state and local government antismoking efforts - Education, outreach, and messaging -- Antismoking advocacy -- Financial and legal challenges -- Research and infrastructure needs -- Concluding remarks.