The European tobacco control report : 2007

• Pubblicazione: Copenhagen, : World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 155 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 613.8/5
• Soggetto topico: Tobacco use - Treatment - Europe; Smoking cessation - Europe; Medical policy - Europe; Tobacco industry - Law and legislation - Europe
• Note generali: "EUR/06/5062780".; "15 January 2007".
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 86-92).
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- CONTENTS -- Summary -- Introduction -- Background -- Process and data sources -- PART 1 Tobacco consumption and tobacco-related harm -- Summary -- Prevalence of tobacco use -- Smoking prevalence among adults -- Smoking prevalence among young people -- Socioeconomic differences -- Tobacco-related harm -- Summary -- Burden of disease attributable to tobacco use -- Tobacco-related mortality -- Tobacco-related costs -- PART 2 Tobacco Control Policies -- Measures to reduce the demand for tobacco products -- Price and taxation policies -- Exposure to tobacco smoke (passive smoking, environmental tobacco smoke) -- Advertising, promotion and sponsorship -- Education, information and public awareness -- Smoking cessation -- Product control and consumer information -- Measures to reduce the supply of tobacco products -- Illicit trade -- Availability of tobacco to young people -- Tobacco subsidies -- The WHO FCTC -- The negotiation process and the European coordination mechanism -- Status of the WHO FCTC -- The Conference of the Parties -- Region-wide action -- Facilitating Region-wide political commitment -- International support for building national capacity -- Strengthening international coordination -- Information exchange, technical cooperation and monitoring -- Other policy issues -- Intersectoral coordination, funding, plans and programmes of action -- Developments in EU tobacco control policy -- The tactics of the tobacco industry -- Litigation -- Conclusions -- References -- Annex 1 Case studies -- Annex 2 Comparable estimates of adult daily smoking prevalence in the WHO European Region -- Annex 3 Methodology for assessing tobacco smoking prevalence -- Annex 4 Adult smoking prevalence in the WHO European Region -- Annex 5 World No Tobacco Day Award winners, 2002-2006.
• Sommario/riassunto: This report presents an overview of the situation regarding tobacco use and related harm in the WHO European Region during the period 2002 2006 and of Member States policy responses and implementation of national tobacco control measures in line with the recommendations of the ESTC. The report also examines the status of policies in countries in the light of the requirements of the WHO FCTC. Several short national, regional and subregional case studies illustrate the lessons learned and challenges faced during the policy-making process.
• Titolo autorizzato: The European tobacco control report
• ISBN: 1-280-95344-6; 9786610953448; 92-890-7291-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811997403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II