Gebundenes Buch

Tobacco Control in China

Beschreibung

This book comprehensively covers the science and policy issues relevant to one of the major public health issues in China. It pulls together the prevalence pattern of tobacco use in different population and burden of the myriad of tobacco-related diseases. The book pays more attention to review the successes and failures of tobacco control policies in China, including the protect peoples from second-hand smoke, comprehensive banning tobacco advertisement promotion and sponsor, regulation of the contents of tobacco products and low tar cigarettes, warn about the dangers of tobacco, support for smokers to quit, and increasing tobacco taxation and price, as well as monitor and assessment on tobacco use and implement of prevention policy under the international background of tobacco control.

The book analyse and explain the influence factors, especially interference from tobacco industry with public management theory frame for promoting tobacco control policies and looks at lessons learnt to help set health policy for reducing the burden of tobacco-related diseases. It is a helpful reference for experts in public health and epidemiologists in tobacco control, advocators and policy maker.

Autor

Editor Gonghuan Yang is a Professor at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China. She serves as Director of Center of NCD & BRFS of the Institute of Basic Medical Sciences. She is an expert of Public Health and epidemiologist on chronic non-communicable diseases. She is also the editor of the Atlas of the Huai River Basin Water Environment: Digestive Cancer Mortality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Nature Singapore / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-981-10-8314-3
• 1st edition 2018
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 734g
• ISBN-13: 9789811083143
• ISBN-10: 9811083142
• Artikelnr.: 50585263