HLSC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Tobacco Industry, Boogie 2Nite, Aboriginal Peoples In Canada
25 Sep 2017
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To fight the global tobacco epidemic, who created framework convection on tobacco. Control (fctc) (2005: fctc is one of the most widely embraced treaties in history of united nations, ig(cid:374)ed (cid:271)y (cid:1005)(cid:1011)(cid:1004) (cid:272)ou(cid:374)t(cid:396)ies (cid:449)ith (cid:1012)(cid:1011)% of (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld"s populatio(cid:374) Key fctc strategies: ban all tobacco advertising, require plain packaging and graphic warnings, raise taxes on tobacco, assist smokers to quit. Prevention (regular text = policies; bold text = cessations) Included e-cigarettes (e. g. , vapes) in all tobacco legislations (e. g. , banning sales to minor; banning use in public places) Contraband undercuts public health efforts, evades tax laws, and contributes to criminal activities; therefore: as of april 14, 2015, federal criminal law , makes trafficking and cross-border smuggling of contraband tobacco a. Prevalence is decreasing for all age groups, but most slowly for young adults (20-24-year- olds: teenagers (15-19) are going through a very rapid decline. All forms of tobacco contain nicotine and tar (which includes countless chemical additives)
