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- Title
Tobacco control activities in Turkey.
- Authors
Bilir, Nazmi; Özcebe, Hilal
- Abstract
Tobacco use is accepted as a major public health problem, killing 6 million people every year globally. However, millions of lives can be saved by implementing the effective tobacco control measures recommended by WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the first international treaty on tobacco control which was accepted in 56th World Health Assembly in 2003. In line with WHO FCTC six effective tobacco control strategies were defined in MPOWER Package in 2008. In Turkey, the first law controlling tobacco came into force in 1996, banning smoking in most indoor public places. By amendment of the law in 2008, Turkey became a completely smoke free country. Turkey achieved major advances on tobacco control during the past 15-20 years; tobacco use was reduced considerably (from 63% to 41% among males, and from 24% to 13% among females), indoor air quality improved (up to 90% reduction of PM2.5 values), health complaints, such as stuffy nose, watering eyes or coughs, of workers at restaurants, hospitality venues were reduced), and acute health effects of smoking such as cardiovascular and respiratory conditions were reduced. Turkey is the only country implementing all six measures of the MPOWER package successfully and was used as a model for other countries by WHO. Nevertheless, there is still much to do in Turkey as there is a high smoking prevalence and still some violations of smoking bans in indoor places.
- Subjects
TURKEY; TOBACCO; PUBLIC health; WORLD Health Organization; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases
- Publication
Turkish Journal of Public Health, 2013, Vol 11, Issue 2, p96
- ISSN
1304-1096
- Publication type
Article