Implementation of key demand-reduction measures of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and change in smoking prevalence in 126 countries: an association study

The Lancet Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2017, Pages e166-e174

  Gravely, Shannon ^a   Giovino, Gary A ^b   Craig, Lorraine ^a   Commar, Alison ^c   D'Espaignet, Edouard Tursan ^c   Schotte, Kerstin ^c   Fong, Geoffrey T ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INCOME; MORBIDITY; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GLOBAL HEALTH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SMOKING; SMOKING PREVENTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING PREVENTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85015894867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24682667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(17)30045-2     Document Type: Article

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