reflexiones sobre oportunidades de intervención en tabaquismo en latinoamérica reflections on smoking intervention opportunities in latin america
Article Quality & Performance Metrics
Readership in this journal
SteadyRanked #78 of 219 articles by views in journal of anatomy
Bar heights use a square-root scale. Only the 120 most-read articles are drawn; the journal has 219 in total.
Mint this article as an NFT
Not yet mintedCreate a permanent, verifiable on-chain record of this article on the Scimatic Network. The NFT is held in your Journament account, and you can withdraw it to your own wallet at any time.
Abstract
The tobacco epidemic is a huge public health problem affecting all Latin American countries. These countries have the characteristic of a wide base of the pyramidal population structure, with many young people who have been natural targets for the tobacco industry. Therefore in this region there is an urgent need to establish prevention and treatment strategies capable to reduce incidence and prevalence of tobacco smoking in the population and as a consequence modify the health effects of tobacco consumption. Treating nicotine addiction requires intervention strategies really effective to reduce the number of current smokers as well as giving them tools to avoid relapse and maintain abstinence. Currently poor and vulnerable groups, which represent 44% of the total population in Latin America, are the most susceptible to suffer the health consequences of smoking since they show the highest prevalence rates and have little or no access to health services. The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and MPOWER, both strategies proposed by the World Health Organization against tobacco, define clear goals to achieve their purposes, nevertheless they are limited by the economic and human resources assigned by each country. The scientific community involved in the fight against tobacco must think about new ways to place this issue in the political agenda so there will be more opportunities to increase the resources and therefore to reduce tobacco consumption in all the groups of the population. In the fight against tobacco, this is the right time to consider primarily issues related to equity and social justice.
| Reference Key |
zabert2010saludreflexiones
Use this key to autocite in the manuscript while using
SciMatic Manuscript Manager or Thesis Manager
|
|---|---|
| Authors | ;Gustavo Zabert;José Miguel Chatkin;Guadalupe Ponciano-Rodríguez |
| Journal | journal of anatomy |
| Year | 2010 |
| DOI |
DOI not found
|
| URL | |
| Keywords |
Citations
No citations found. To add a citation, contact the admin at info@scimatic.org
ZincirX productsfrom the team behind Journament
-
PatentYazar
Patent drafts for the EPO, USPTO and TürkPatent
From inventor notes to a DOCX draft: description, claims, abstract. The machine drafts, the attorney signs.
See how it works (opens in a new tab) -
Projenator
Have a project idea? Score and plan it with AI
AI scores your idea in five dimensions and builds a phased plan. Your first project is free, no card needed.
Start your first project (opens in a new tab)
Cookies
We use strictly necessary cookies to run the site and keep you signed in. With your permission we would also use Google Analytics to see how the site is used, and Google AdSense to show ads on journal and article pages. Both stay off unless you accept, and you can change your mind at any time. How we use cookies · KVKK notice (Türkiye)
Cookie settings
Comments
No comments yet. Be the first to comment on this article.