The status and future directions of comprehensive tobacco control policies for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games: A review.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:This review aims to clarify the status and future directions of comprehensive tobacco control policies for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games based on a comparison with seventeen countries that hosted the Olympic Games. METHODS:Seventeen countries that hosted the Olympic Games from 1988 to 2018 were identified by searching the website of IOC. A comparison of the contents was carried out by six themes (Monitor, Protect, Offer, Warn, Enforcement and Raise) in accordance with the MPOWER package for implementation of the FCTC. The comparison items and data were obtained from Global Health Observatory (GHO) data, Japanese government websites, and the literature. Based on the MPOWER scale, the 17 countries were ranked by total score, and a correlation between smoking prevalence and MPOWER

SUBMITTER: Li M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6751969 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature