Tobacco in the Arab world: Old and new epidemics amidst policy paralysis

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 784-794

  Maziak, Wasim ^a,b   Nakkash, Rima ^c   Bahelah, Raed ^a,d   Husseini, Abdullatif ^e   Fanous, Nadia ^c   Eissenberg, Thomas ^f  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRIAN CENTER FOR TOBACCO STUDIES   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADEN   (Yemen)

^e BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^f VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab world; Hookah; Policy; Tobacco industry; Waterpipe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARAB WORLD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; ARAB WORLD; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907992630     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czt055     Document Type: Review

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