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Showing 1 to 20 of 48 for “"Tobacco control"”.
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Tobacco control in Zimbabwe and the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC): State of Affairs
… opposition to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC). Since the country’s ratification of the WHO FCTC in 2014, the government has put in place financial incentives to promote tobacco production, contrary to the WHO FCTC. The conflicting signals, coupled with seemingly …
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Consequences of Tobacco Control Policies: Intended and Unintended.
Consequences of Tobacco Control Policies: Intended and Unintended.
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The economics of tobacco control in South Africa
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 193-207).
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Essays on Health and Economics of Tobacco Control Policies
This dissertation explores the impact of tobacco control policies through two essays. The first evaluates state-level Tobacco 21 (T21) laws on maternal smoking and birth outcomes using birth certificate data from the National Center for Health Statistics (2014–2019). Employing …
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The economics of tobacco control in some African countries
… thesis examines some aspects of the economics of tobacco control in South Africa, Uganda and Zambia. The first part of the thesis examines whether tobacco expenditure displaces (or "crowds out") expenditure on other goods and services within Zambian households. In so doing, I make two …
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The economics of tobacco control in low- and middle-income countries
Global best practice in tobacco control policy is anchored by the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control which recommends that countries use, amongst other things, tax increases and advertising bans to reduce tobacco consumption. Furthermore, this is supplemented by various policy documents and …
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Tobacco Control Protocol and Household Smoking Behavior : The case of Bogotá, Colombia
Comprender los efectos de las políticas de control del tabaco en la prevalencia del tabaquismo es de gran importancia en la salud pública. Estas políticas pueden mitigar el consumo, promover el abandono del hábito y promover los hábitos saludables. Este documento evalúa el efecto de una política de …
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Young people's perceptions of smoking and tobacco control in China: a qualitative study
… lens of gender. Young people’s understanding of tobacco control policies is also important for designing effective implementation policies. The study applies both a micro-sociological and a macro-sociological approach using interviews and documents as the primary research methodology. The study …
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The impact of tobacco control policies on university students' smoking in Ontario
… Despite steady declines in the prevalence of tobacco use among Canadians, young adult tobacco use has remained stubbornly high over the past two decades (CTUMS, 2005a). Currently in Ontario, young adults have the highest proportion of smokers of all age cohorts at 26%. A growing body of …
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Evaluating the policy of South African Parliament : a case of tobacco control policy
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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Strengthening cross-cultural policy transfer : the case of international health promotion and tobacco control
… internationally initiated health promotion and tobacco control policies. It explores the process of cross-cultural policy transfer, analyses the difficulties, proposes methods to overcome them, and tests the approach in Bulgaria. Generally focused on international health promotion policies as a …
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Nudging' health behavioural change: behavioral economics, Tobacco control and innovative finance for Cancer control
Tobacco smoking is the leading cause of preventable death globally. Despite the existing traditional economic approaches like taxation, recent progress in tobacco control has plateaued compared to control efforts in nutrition, sexual reproductive health and alcohol. This discrepancy can be …
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Advancing Global Tobacco Control: Exploring Worldwide Youth Attitudes and Behaviors toward Tobacco Use and Control
<p>Tobacco use continues to be the leading cause of preventable death in the world. The disproportionate increase in tobacco use in low- and middle-income countries needs immediate attention. Many smokers begin smoking as adolescents and are most likely to become permanent smokers. Moreover, youth …
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HEALTH EQUITY IN TOBACCO CONTROL THROUGH AN INTERSECTIONALITY FRAMEWORK: EXAMINING THE COMPOUNDING EFFECTS OF MINORITY STRESSORS AND TOBACCO ADVERTISING
… in the social world, namely exposure to tobacco marketing and minority stressors, influence cigarette smoking. It is well established that smoking cigarettes has negative downstream health consequences, and this dissertation seeks to contribute to our understanding of why there is higher …
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An Assessment of America's Tobacco-Free Colleges and Universities: Policies, Procedures, Practices, and Adherence to Acha's 2009 Guidelines and Recommendations
… of the study was to survey each of the 100% tobacco-free campuses in the nation (N=175) to assess their policies, procedures, and practices, and the extent to which they adhere to American College Health Association (ACHA) guidelines promoting tobacco-free environments in colleges and …
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International Politics of Health Promotion and Tobacco Control - Improvement of the Process of Transcultural Transfer // Международна политика за промоция на здраве и контрол на тютюнопушенето - подобряване процеса на транскултурален трансфер
… of European policy on health promotion and tobacco control to Bulgarian context is the subject of this thesis. Along with it, we try to identify the difficulties in this process and develop a performance improvement approach. International comparative analysis between two countries - …
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Crowding-out Of Household Expenditure By Tobacco In Ghana
… households is crowded out by expenditure on tobacco over the period under study (2005/2006 and 2012/2013) and whether the magnitude of crowding-out over the period has been changed by the introduction of the tobacco control law in July, 2012. The paper uses household survey data from the …
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Tobacco use and cessation counseling in a population of health professions students in South Africa
Tobacco is a leading risk factor for the global burden of disease in both developed and developing countries. The morbidity and mortality caused by tobacco can be prevented efficaciously and cost-effectively by active intervention from health professionals. In developing countries, a limited number …
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