Taking Action to Reduce Tobacco Use.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
National Academies Press,
1998.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- TAKING ACTION TO REDUCE TOBACCO USE
- Copyright
- Contents
- TAKING ACTION TO REDUCE TOBACCO USE
- Taking Action to Reduce Tobacco Use
- BACKGROUND
- RAISE PRICES TO REDUCE USE
- The price of tobacco products must be increased substantially
- Failure to achieve targeted reductions in youth consumption should result in further manufacturer-specific penalties
- STRENGTHEN FEDERAL REGULATION
- FDA must continue to regulate tobacco products, and the U.S. Congress must strengthen and clarify FDA's role
- SUPPORT STATE AND LOCAL TOBACCO CONTROL EFFORTS
- The federal government must support state and local infrastructure for tobacco controlCongress must repeal the federal preemption of state and local regulation of advertising and promotion
- MONITOR PERFORMANCE IN RELATION TO PUBLIC HEALTH GOALS
- The federal government must establish a system for performance monitoring in collaboration with other levels of government�
- HELP CURRENT USERS QUIT
- Effective smoking cessation interventions, as identified by the AHCPR guidelines, should be widely disseminated and�
- Government health programs and private insurance and health plans should cover treatment programs for tobacco�Treatment programs for tobacco dependence should be incorporated into quality of care measures, report cards on health�
- Programs and norms outside the medical care system must also support prevention, cessation, and harm reduction
- SUPPORT RESEARCH
- Federal research agencies must increase their commitment to research on tobacco control.
- The U.S. Congress and Public Health Service agencies should intensify research on tobacco-related diseases
- FDA and NIH should mount research programs to improve future regulation.The federal government must support research to clarify the feasibility, risks, and benefits of harm reduction strategies
- FACILITATE INTERNATIONAL TOBACCO CONTROL
- The United States must promote, participate in, and contribute funds to the building of a capacity for evaluating and monitor
- The United States should refrain from implementing trade policies that undermine foreign tobacco control efforts
- The United States can study and learn from effective foreign tobacco control policies.