Tobacco control challenges in East Asia: proposals for change in the world's largest epidemic region.

ABSTRACT: East Asia is one of the world's largest tobacco epidemic regions. Although several international studies have evaluated the status of tobacco control in this region, the findings have not been integrated with knowledge on domestic activities at the national and municipal levels. We analysed the current tobacco control situation in three East Asian countries, Japan, China and the Republic of Korea, using both international and domestic data sources. We collected data between 2008 and 2011 in each country according to the framework of WHO's MPOWER (Monitoring, Protect, Offer, Warn, Enforcement and Raise) approach for guiding implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Analysis revealed that 37-53% of adult men were current smokers and that smoking prevalence among midd

SUBMITTER: Katanoda K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4078676 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature