WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2008 : the MPOWER package / / World Health Organization

• Pubblicazione: Geneva, : World Health Organization, 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (342 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.29/66
• Soggetto topico: Tobacco use - Prevention; Smoking - Prevention; Public health; Smoking Cessation; Smoking Prevention; Public Health; Tobacco Use Cessation
• Note generali: Title from title screen (viewed on Feb 20, 2008).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-62).
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- WE MUST ACT NOW TO REVERSE THE GLOBAL TOBACCO EPIDEMIC AND SAVE MILLIONS OF LIVES -- SUMMARY -- THE GLOBAL TOBACCO CRISIS -- Tobacco - global agent of death -- A growing epidemic -- The economic threat of tobacco -- The tobacco industry as disease vector -- MPOWER: SIX POLICIES TO REVERSE THE TOBACCO EPIDEMIC -- Monitor tobacco use and prevention policies -- Protect people from tobacco smoke -- Offer help to quit tobacco use -- Warn about the dangers of tobacco -- Enforce bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship -- Raise taxes on tobacco -- THE STATE OF GLOBAL TOBACCO CONTROL IMPLEMENTATION OF EFFECTIVE MEASURES IS JUST BEGINNING -- More than half of countries do not have minimum monitoring information -- Only 5% of the world's population is covered by comprehensive smoke-free laws -- Few tobacco users get the help they need to quit -- Few countries have comprehensive pack warnings -- Few countries enforce bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship -- Countries can save lives by raising tobacco taxes -- Global tobacco control funding is inadequate -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- TECHNICAL NOTE I Evaluating existing policies and enforcement -- TECHNICAL NOTE II Smoking prevalence in WHO Memeber States -- APPENDIX I Country profiles -- APPENDIX II Glocal tobacco control policy data -- APPENDIX III Internationally comparable prevalence estimates -- APPENDIX IV Country-provided prevalence data -- APPENDIX V Global Youth Tobacco Survey data -- APPENDIX VI Status of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
• Sommario/riassunto: This landmark new report presents the first comprehensive worldwide analysis of tobacco use and control efforts. It provides countries with a roadmap to reverse the devastating global tobacco epidemic that could kill up to one billion people by the end of this century. The report outlines the MPOWER package, a set of six key tobacco control measures that reflect and build on the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
• Altri titoli varianti: Report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2008
• Titolo autorizzato: WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2008
• ISBN: 9786611744144; 9781281744142; 128174414X; 9789240683112; 9240683119
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910974388903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Documents for Sale