Open AccessAvanços e Desafios no Controle do Tabagismo: um Paralelo entre o Mundo e o Brasil
Author(s) -
Douglas Bettcher,
Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
revista brasileira de cancerologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2176-9745
pISSN - 0034-7116
DOI - 10.32635/2176-9745.rbc.2011v57n3.1444
Subject(s) - tobacco control , session (web analytics) , political science , humanities , public administration , library science , medicine , business , public health , nursing , art , advertising , computer science
The aim of this opinion session is to contextualize the Brazilian program within the current international tobacco control efforts, and highlight its successful outcomes that have clearly resulted in a smoking prevalence reduction over the last 20 years. It also explores the new country challenges, highlighting the importance of tobacco control in the national and global development agenda.