Reducing tobacco-related cancer incidence & mortality workshop summary
"Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in United States, causing more than 440,000 deaths annually and resulting in $193 billion in health-related economic losses each year--$96 billion in direct medical costs and $97 billion in lost productivity. Since the first U.S. Surgeon Ge...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, District of Columbia :
National Academies Press
[2013]
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Colección: | National Academies ebooks.
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Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b44938871*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Changing demographics of tobacco use
- Changing patterns of tobacco use
- Tobacco use and cancer
- Tobacco dependence
- Tobacco cessation programs
- Overview of tobacco control laws
- Antismoking laws and regulations
- Successful state and local government antismoking efforts
- Education, outreach, and messaging
- Antismoking advocacy
- Financial and legal challenges
- Research and infrastructure needs
- Concluding remarks.