strategy
Developing tobacco control
Synonyms:
Controlling smokingBanning smoking
Preventing smoking
Combating smoking
Implementation:
Bhutan intends to be the first tobacco-free country by 2004. In 2003 12 out of 13 districts were self-declared tobacco-free. Bhutan's campaign has been based on religious and health education.
Cotidine (the derivative of nicotine in the body) levels in the urine of non-smokers in the USA dropped 75 percent in nonsmokers in the period 1991 to 2001.
Narrower:
Stopping smokingRegulating tobaccoReducing youth smokingBanning tobacco productsLabelling tobacco productsBanning cigarette advertisingMonitoring tobacco productionCountering tobacco advertisingProhibiting smoking in public placesDeveloping work place smoking policiesReducing chemical levels in cigarettesProtecting children from environmental tobacco smoke Constrains:
Smoking Constrained by:
Encouraging smoking Facilitates:
Reducing demand for tobacco consumption Facilitated by:
Determining civil liabilityCampaigning against smokingCollecting data on incidence of smoking Values:
BanningSelf-control Organizations:
European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention Latin American Coordinating Committee on Smoking Control Coordination Committee on Smoking and Health WHO Tobacco Free Initiative Arab Council Against Smoking European Smokeless Tobacco Council Agreement concerning the suppression of opium smoking, 1931 Agreement concerning the suppression of opium smoking, 1946 Subjects:
Industry → TobaccoSocietal Problems → Prevention
Societal Problems → Restrictions
Recreation → Interests
Cybernetics → Control
Development → Development
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
