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SUBMITTER: Farran D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10797642 | biostudies-literature | 2024
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Farran Dina D Salloum Ramzi G RG El Jardali Fadi F Abla Ruba R Abu Rmeileh Niveen N Al Sheyab Nihaya N Awaw-da Sameera S Chalak Ali A Jawad Mohammed M Khader Yousef Y Mostafa Aya A Nakkash Rima R
Tobacco prevention & cessation 20240119
Waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) rates in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) are the highest worldwide, particularly among young people. Although fiscal policies to curb tobacco use have been recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), implementation has been suboptimal. The Eastern Mediterranean Consortium on the Economics of Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking (ECON-WTS) was formed in response to this need to produce knowledge on the economics of ...[more]