The Tobacco Atlas is a comprehensive resource that addresses tobacco's connection with personal or political health, governance, politics, economics, big business, corporate behavior, smuggling, tax, religion, the internet, allocation of resources, human development and the future.
The atlas includes full-color world maps and graphics, illustrating similarities and differences among countries on the history of tobacco, different types of tobacco use, prevalence and consumption, youth smoking, the economics of tobacco, farming and manufacturing, smuggling, the tobacco industry, promotion, profits and trade. It also addresses smokers' rights, legislative action such as smoke-free areas, bans on tobacco advertising, health warnings, the effects of price and taxation, litigation and the future of the epidemic. The book illustrates, in an accessible and creative format, that tobacco control is not just a simple health issue, but a global public health initiative that encompasses economics, big business, politics, trade, litigation, deceit and crimes such as smuggling. The atlas shows the importance of reducing the epidemic through a multifaceted approach from an array of stakeholders, including WHO, other UN agencies, NGOs, the private sector and, in fact, the whole of civil society. With funding from the American Cancer Society, the Institute for Global Tobacco Control developed an interactive, online version of the Atlas, which is available on the GTRN website. The Tobacco Atlas (PDF) Interactive Version
This Surgeon General’s report returns to the topic of the health effects of involuntary exposure to tobacco smoke. The last comprehensive review of this evidence by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) was in the 1986 Surgeon General’s report. This new report updates the evidence of the harmful effects of involuntary exposure to tobacco smoke. The accompanying dynamic database profiles key epidemiologic findings, and allows the evidence on health effects of exposure to tobacco smoke to be synthesized and updated. The database enables users to explore the data and studies supporting the conclusions in the report. Executive Summary Full Report Database
Of the Surgeon General’s reports published since 1964, only a few have comprehensively documented and updated the evidence on active smoking and disease. The report finds that smoking is even more harmful than thought and damages virtually every organ in the body. It adds nine more diseases, many of them life-threatening, to the already long list of harms caused by smoking. It finds that smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death in the U.S. and harms the health of people at every stage of life, including unborn babies, infants, children, adolescents, adults and seniors. The Institute for Global Tobacco Control and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Office on Smoking and Health have collaborated on the creation of a database, which includes abstracts of more than 1,600 key articles cited in the 2004 report.
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“Tobacco Free*Japan: Recommendations for Tobacco Control Policy” is a unique project whereby experts from Japan and the U.S. and opinion leaders from health care fields join together to develop scientific, evidence-based tobacco policy to be implemented after FCTC is in effect. Among the authors who compiled the report of the Japan-U.S. Joint Committee were nine advisors, eighteen contributing authors and three co-editors. The Committee was responsible for producing the eecutive summary, the full report and the instruction book, which have all been widely distributed within Japan and abroad. The concerned parties have also provided their support for this project.
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The purpose of this book is to contribute to the global effort to confront and control the tobacco epidemic among women. The scholars who prepared the papers worked in interdisciplinary teams to review the most current data and provide overviews concerning the global situation. The topics range from the prevalence of tobacco use among women and girls, to addiction and treatment. The papers also deal with the critical issues of national economic policy, international treaties and strategies for mobilization at regional and international levels. Also addressed are the concerns of tobacco control policy makers, public health advocates, economic planners, as well as women leaders.
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