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East Mediterr Health J
December 2024
Department of Respiratory Therapy, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Background: Tobacco use poses a challenge to public health in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. Although restricting access to tobacco can reduce consumption among adolescents, there is limited knowledge of how to implement the tobacco sales ban policy in the sub-region.
Aim: To assess implementation of the ban on tobacco products sales to adolescents in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries as recommended in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
Int J Health Policy Manag
December 2024
MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.
Background: A now extensive literature has documented political strategies of health-harming industries (HHIs), but little is known about their engagement with parliamentary select committees. Recent investments by trans-national tobacco corporations (TTCs) in electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) has raised concerns that industry actors may be using these to re-engage policy-makers in ways precluded by the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Article 5.3.
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November 2024
Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Background: Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) was developed to protect public health policies from tobacco industry interference. The guiding principles of Article 5.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHealth Promot Int
December 2024
School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, 3630 prom. Sir-William-Osler Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y5 or Tiohtià:ke, Canada.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco use causes over 8 million deaths annually including 1.3 million due to second-hand exposure. Furthermore, data from the Tobacco Atlas show that the tobacco industry continues to target new markets in the WHO African region, one of two regions where absolute numbers of smokers continue to increase.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBull World Health Organ
November 2024
Executive Secretariat of the National Commission for WHO FCTC Implementation, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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