Under the pretext of SARS control, they have used money and instigated a small number of countries to join their clamoring for their participation in the World Health Assembly. // Their true motive is not to develop health undertakings of Taiwan but to create "two Chinas" or "one China, ...
It might seem astonishing that this group is also preparing to put into action the roadmap for countries to control tobacco. But this group has already changed history. // When the process began there was some skepticism over its success. The skeptics were wrong. You are driving change ...
For example, some of the voiced concerns include:The advent of heated tobacco products may increase the overall tobacco product consumption in Japan. The use of heated tobacco products together with cigarettes may not benefit individual and public health. Never tobacco product users may start using ...
Leading themes have guided tobacco control efforts, and these themes have changed over the decades. When questions arose about health risks of tobacco, they focused on two key themes: 1) how bad is the problem (i.e., absolute risk) and 2) what can be done to reduce the risk without ce...
Kozlowski and Abrams BMC Public Health (2016) 16:432 DOI 10.1186/s12889-016-3079-9 DEBATE Open Access Obsolete tobacco control themes can be hazardous to public health: the need for updating views on absolute product risks and harm reduction Lynn T. Kozlowski1* and David B. Abrams2,3,4 ...
Public health economic modelling is an approach capable of managing the intricacies involved in evaluating interventions without direct observational evidence. It is used to estimate potential long-term health benefits and cost outcomes. The aim of this
Despite low alcohol consumption in Iran, its adverse consequences such as substance use disorders, aggression, and relatively common harms raise serious concerns for public health [34]. The main concern about alcohol consumption in Iran is that most available alcoholic beverages are counterfeit and of...
Population-focussed tobacco control in Australia has seen smoking prevalence fall to its lowest ever levels for both adults and teenagers. Teenage smoking is all but extinct –an amazing achievement. This has been driven by 50 years of successful public health advocacy for policies, legislation and...
Understanding the safety of botanicals is a critical public health need. While we recognize the significant challenges in applying in silico and in vitro approaches to complex mixtures, advancements in chemical analysis, modeling, and toxicological testing have laid the groundwork for progress toward st...
The need to understand health inequalities in relation to adolescents’ smoking attitudes suggests that a systematic review of qualitative research could contribute meaningfully. Changes in the legislative context, can be used as a proxy for the extent or context of tobacco denormalization within each ...