Preventing and reversing a deadly life-style - abstract
West Indian med. j
; West Indian med. j;44(Suppl. 2): 31, Apr. 1995.
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ABSTRACT
One of the highest priorities of the Barbados Cancer Society since it was founded in December, 1980 has been controlling and reducing tobacco consumption. This is because smoking is the single most common and important preventable cause of cancer and it generates more diseases, disabilities and deaths in all developed countries and many developing countries than all other causes put together. Since it was founded, the most notable success of the Barbados Cancer Society has been a significant reduction in tobacco consumption. The Society is the only organization in Barbados which has consistently and systematically disseminated information about the health risks of tobacco smoking. It has used two strategies for tobacco control first, public education in the media (press, radiio, TV) and second, a smoking cessation programme for smokers desiring to quit. The results achieved have been encouraging there was a 32 percent decline in tobacco consumption between Janaury, 1982 and December, 1993. The success rate (i.e., abstinence without relapse for 1 to 4 years) for smokers using the Smoking Cessation Programme was 50 percent. Other strategies besides education are needed for tobacco control, most of which require Government intervention. These include explicit warnings on all tobacco products; teaching the skills of health education in teacher training colleges and all medical, dental and nursing schools; banning advertising and sponsorship by the tobacco in public places and work places; providing tobacco cessation classes in hospitals and other health institutions and at the international level, co-operating in agreements to discontinue generous subsidies to tobacco production (AU)
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Base de dados:
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Assunto principal:
Nicotiana
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Tabagismo
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Abandono do Hábito de Fumar
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
País/Região como assunto:
Barbados
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Idioma:
En
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Ano de publicação:
1995
Tipo de documento:
Article
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Congress and conference