Tobacco control country profiles
By: editors, Omar Shafey, Suzanne Dolwick, G. Emmanuel Guindon
Contributors: Tobacco Free Initiative (World Health Organization); American Cancer Society. Department of Epidemiology and Surveillance Research; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office on Smoking and Health; International Union against Cancer; World Conference on Tobacco and Health (12th : 2003 : Helsinki, Finland)
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: American Cancer Society
Published: 2003
Place of publication: [Atlanta, GA]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Subjects: Tobacco industry; Tobacco use; Prevention; Government policy; Smoking; Statistics; Tobacco Use Disorder; Prevention & control; Health Status Indicators; Economics; Legislation & jurisprudence; Epidemiology; Global Health
Description: "This second edition of Tobacco Control Country Profiles (the Profiles) provides updated information on tobacco production, trade, consumption, legislation, and disease burden foreach of 196 countries and territories worldwide. Collectively these country profiles present a composite picture of the status of the tobacco pandemic in the early 21st century. They also illustrate strengths of the current system of global tobacco surveillance and future challenges that must be confronted to improve this system." -p. 7.
Notes: "The Tobacco Control Country Profiles (second edition) is an initiative of the 12th World Conference on Tobacco or Health held in Helsinki, Finland during August 2003. The American Cancer Society, World Health Organization, and International Union Against Cancer jointly publish this edition of the monograph. The World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and World Bank Group provided, in kind, data and personnel resources in support of this project."

Earlier ed. published 2000 by the World Health Organization Tobacco Free Initiative for the 11th World Conference on Tobacco or Health held in Chicago.

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Mode of access: Internet; available at the UICC GLOBALink and the American Cancer Society Web site.