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Article de Périodique
Smoke, the Chief Killer - Strategies for targeting combustible tobacco use (2014)
Auteur(s) :
FIORE, M. C. ;
SCHROEDER, S. A. ;
BAKER, T. B.
Année
2014
Page(s) :
297-300
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
4
Domaine :
Tabac / e-cigarette
Discipline :
SAN (Santé publique / Public health)
Résumé :
January 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service - an important moment to take stock of efforts to eliminate the harms of tobacco use. Smoking rates in the United States have decreased dramatically over the past 50 years. The prevalence of smoking among adults fell from about 43% in 1965 to about 18% in 2012, meaningfully reducing rates of smoking-caused disease and death (see maps Figure 1 Lung-Cancer Mortality among Male Americans, 2006-2010, and Smoking Prevalence among American Men 18 Years of Age or Older, 2009.). These outcomes are a testament to the policy, legal, and clinical strategies begun 50 years ago that have reduced tobacco use and mitigated its harms. [Extract]
Affiliation :
Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention and Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, USA