• Salud pública de México · Jul 2019

    Review

    [Current and emerging issues in tobacco prevention and control].

    • Luz Myriam Reynales-Shigematsu, Reina Roa-Rodríguez, Jessica L Barrington-Trimis, and Adriana Blanco-Marquizo.
    • Departamento de Investigación sobre Tabaco, Centro de Investigación en Salud Poblacional, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, México.
    • Salud Publica Mex. 2019 Jul 1; 61 (4): 436-447.

    ObjectiveTo review the implementation of the WHO Framework Convention onTobacco Control in theAmericas, describe two national case studies and analyze the evidence on electronic cigarettes from a public health perspective.Materials And MethodsRevision of the tobacco control legislation and the scientific evidence regarding electronic cigarettes.ResultsImplementation of tobacco control policies is not homogeneous, with important advances in smoke-free environments, pictorial health warnings, and epidemiological surveillance, but challenges that remain for the implementation of a total ban of tobacco advertising, increases in tobacco taxes, and tobacco cessation programs. Tobacco industry interference is one of the main obstacles for advancing and novel products create uncertainty about their regulation.ConclusionsThere is a need for political will for a comprehensive implementation of the Convention, with evidence-based decisions to confront challenges and to defend the achievements from tobacco industry interference.

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