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Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2009 11(11):1249-1253; doi:10.1093/ntr/ntp163
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

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Richard Hébert

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   Proposal for a smoke-free world
 
"The tobacco industry creates more smokers and disease than clinicians can prevent by clinical services alone," write Hovell and Hughes (p. 1254). They propose instead "a more comprehensive prevention model" in which "smoke-free policies and increased taxation hold promise for complete tobacco control" – in essence a smoke-free world brought on by widespread culture change.

Central to such a strategy, they argue, is elevating exposure to secondhand smoke "as the key target within the overarching tobacco control science ...(as) a means of preventing tobacco addiction in whole populations." Exhibit A is California's antismoking program, the success of which suggests that "culture change can produce huge health effects and cost savings."

Nations, they write, should emphasize eliminating secondhand smoke exposure "in all microenvironments, such as work settings, private homes, and outdoor settings where nonsmokers could be exposed, such as parks."

To this end, the authors propose multiple lines of . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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