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BMJ

Tobacco control and Healthy China 2030

Article

20 Jul 2018

AbstractBackground The Healthy China 2030 strategy sets ambitious targets for China’s policy-makers, including a decrease in the smoking rate from 27.7% in 2015 to 20% by 2030. China has made progress on tobacco control in recent years, but many ke...

ArticleHealth taxationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingTobacco use+1

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Action on Smoking and Health

Cape Town Declaration on Human Rights and a Tobacco-free World

Declaration

18 Mar 2018

&nbsp;The Cape Town Declaration on Human Rights and a Tobacco-Free World, affirming that the production, marketing and sale of tobacco products is incompatible with basic human rights, has been adopted by over 150 organizations and prominent public h...

DeclarationCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsCivil Society Working GroupGender, equity and human rightsTobacco use+6

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BMJ

Global economic cost of smoking-attributable diseases

Article

01 Jan 2018

AbstractBackground The detrimental impact of smoking on health has been widely documented since the 1960s. Numerous studies have also quantified the economic cost that smoking imposes on society. However, these studies have mostly been in high income...

ArticleHealth taxationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingTobacco use+1

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International Monetary Fund

Health in a Time of Austerity: When public budgets cannot grow, targeted taxes and subsidies can help improve a population’s well-being

Article

05 Sep 2017

Health in a Time of Austerity: When public budgets cannot grow, targeted taxes and subsidies can help improve a population’s well-being

ArticleHealth taxationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingHarmful use of alcoholTobacco useUnhealthy diets+3

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World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO list of priority medical devices for cancer management

Publication

04 Mar 2017

OverviewThis publication is based on the list of clinical interventions selected from clinical guidelines on prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, palliative care, monitoring and end of life care. This publication addresses medical devices for...

PublicationCancerHarmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+3

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International Monetary Fund

How to Design and Enforce Tobacco Excises?

Article

04 Nov 2016

IntroductionTobacco1 is for several good reasons more heavily taxed than other goods in many countries. From the early days of industrial production of cigarettes in the late nineteenth century until a clear link was estab- lished between tobacco and...

ArticleHealth taxationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingTobacco use+1

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

Armenia STEPS Survey 2016: Tobacco Fact Sheet

Fact sheet

18 Jun 2016

This Tobacco Fact Sheet presents national data from the 2016 Armenia STEPS Survey on tobacco use and control indicators for adults aged 18–69. It provides insights into smoking prevalence, quit attempts, secondhand smoke exposure, and awareness of...

Fact sheetCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesHealth Literacy DevelopmentMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealthy AgingHealth promotionTobacco use+7
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WHO Regional Office for Europe

Armenia STEPS Survey 2016: Fact Sheet on NCD Risk Factors

Fact sheet

18 Jun 2016

This fact sheet presents data from Armenia’s 2016 STEPS survey on noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors in adults aged 18–69, covering smoking, alcohol, diet, physical activity, overweight/obesity, blood pressure, cholesterol, and salt intak...

Fact sheetCancerCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesHealth Literacy DevelopmentMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationGender, equity and human rightsHealthy AgingHealth promotionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health careSocial determinants of healthHarmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+14
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WHO regional Office for Europe

Armenia STEPS Survey 2016: Summary of Key Results

Report

18 Jun 2016

This report presents detailed results from the Armenia STEPS Survey 2016, providing statistical breakdowns by sex and age groups (18–69 and 45–69 years). It covers the prevalence of major noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors in Armenia usin...

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesHealth Literacy DevelopmentHealth promotionHarmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+8
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WHO Regional Office for Europe

Armenia STEPS Survey 2016: Prevalence of Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors

Publication

18 Jun 2016

The Armenia STEPS Survey 2016 is the country's first national survey on noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors, conducted using the WHO STEPwise approach. Covering adults aged 18–69, the survey assessed both behavioral and biological risk facto...

PublicationCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesHealth Literacy DevelopmentHealth promotionHarmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivityTobacco use+5
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World Health Organization

Modelling the impact of raising tobacco taxes on public health and finance

Article

12 Feb 2016

AbstractObjectiveTo investigate the potential for tobacco tax to contribute to the 2030 agenda for sustainable development by reducing tobacco use, saving lives and generating tax revenues.MethodsA model of the global cigarette market in 2014 – dev...

ArticleHealth taxationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingTobacco use+1

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National Cancer Institute

The Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Control

Article

01 Jan 2016

This monograph, a collaboration between the National Cancer Institute and the World Health Organization, examines the current research and evidence base surrounding the economics of tobacco control—including tobacco use, tobacco growing, manufactur...

ArticleHealth taxationHealth promotionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingTobacco use+2

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