Volume 21, S1

 

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  • Secondhand Smoke Exposure among Nonsmokers in China 

    Xiao, Lin؛ Jiang, Yuan؛ Zhang, Jingru؛ Parascandola, Mark (West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2020-07-01)
    Background: China signed the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and conducted a series of activities to protect people from secondhand smoke exposure. This paper explores the changes in ...

  • Secondhand Tobacco Smoke Exposure in Indoor Workplaces in Viet Nam and Associated Factors: Findings from Two Rounds of Global Adult Tobacco Surveys (GATS) 2010 and 2015 

    Lam, Nguyen Tuan؛ Nga, Pham Thi Quynh؛ Kashiwabara, Mina؛ Hai, Phan Thi؛ Huyen, Doan Thi Thu؛ Giang, Kim Bao؛ Minh, Hoang Van؛ Quan, Nguyen The؛ Khue, Luong Ngoc؛ Park, Kidong (West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2020-07-01)
    Objectives: This paper explores changes in the level of secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure at indoor workplaces between 2010 and 2015 in Viet Nam and the association between the exposure and various demographic factors, using ...

  • Investing in Tobacco Control: Twelve Years of MPOWER Measures and Progress in the Western Pacific Region 

    De Pinho Campos, Katia؛ Kashiwabara, Mina؛ Teakle, Ashlee؛ De Guzman, Ramon؛ Lannan, Kate؛ Mercado, Susan (West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2020-07-01)
    Tobacco use has detrimental effects in the Western Pacific Region. The World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) came into effect in 2005 to address the global tobacco epidemic, and WHO ...

  • Raising Tobacco Taxes: The Philippine Experience 

    Diosana, Jo-Ann L (West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2020-07-01)
    The 2012 Philippine Sin Tax Reform Law or Republic Act No. 10351 (RA10351) offers important lessons on tobacco taxation and tobacco control. In a span of five years, it increased the excise tax rate on cigarettes to as ...

  • Building Momentum for Tobacco Control in the Western Pacific Region 

    Prasad, Vinayak؛ Sy, Julliane Moira (West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2020-07-01)
    The tobacco epidemic is a significant global public health threat, killing more than eight million people a year around the world. Although the average rate of tobacco use in the Western Pacific Region (WPR) is declining ...

  • Making Strides Together against Tobacco Use 

    Kasai, Takeshi (West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2020-07-01)
    In the Western Pacific Region, more than 3 million people die each year as a result of tobacco use – a problem for health and a threat to social and economic development. Countries around the world made a commitment by ...