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- Title
Tobacco control efforts in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries: achievements and challenges.
- Authors
Hassounah, S.; Rawaf, D.; Khoja, T.; Rawaf, S.; Hussein, M.S.; Qidwai, W.; Majeed, A.
- Abstract
This paper reports a review into the current state oftobacco use, governance and national commitment for control, and current intervention frameworks in place to reduce the use of tobacco among the populations of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states and Yemen. It further reviews structured policy-oriented interventions (in line with the MPOWER package of 6 evidence-based tobacco control measures) that represent government actions to strengthen, implement and manage tobacco control programmes and to address the growing epidemic of tobacco use. Our findings show that tobacco control in the GCC countries has witnessed real progress over the past decades. These are still early days but they indicate steps in the right direction. Future investment in implementation and enforcement of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, production of robust tobacco control legislation and the establishment of universally available tobacco cessation services are essential to sustain and strengthen tobacco control in the GCC region.
- Publication
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2014, Vol 20, Issue 8, p508
- ISSN
1020-3397
- Publication type
Journal Article