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Tobacco control

Meaning in public health & epidemiology, with examples

nounCommon term

In public health & epidemiology, tobacco control means: The set of policies and programmes that aim to reduce tobacco use and exposure to tobacco smoke, such as taxes, smoke-free laws, warning labels and support to quit.

In Turkish: tütün kontrolü, tütünle mücadele

How it is used

Guided internationally by the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), adopted in 2003. WHO's MPOWER package summarises the main measures. Raising tobacco taxes is considered one of the most effective tobacco control tools.

Example sentences

  1. The country strengthened tobacco control by raising taxes and banning advertising.

  2. She has worked in tobacco control for twenty years.

Common collocations

  • tobacco control policy
  • smoke-free laws
  • tobacco taxes
  • quit smoking services
  • FCTC
  • noncommunicable diseaseA long-lasting illness that is not passed from person to person, such as heart disease, cancer, chronic lung disease or diabetes.
  • risk factorA characteristic, behaviour or exposure that increases the chance of developing a disease or health problem, such as smoking, high blood pressure or poor housing.
  • health promotionThe process of enabling people and communities to increase control over their health and improve it, through education, supportive environments, healthy policies and community action.
  • harm reductionAn approach that aims to reduce the health and social harms of risky behaviours, such as drug use, without requiring people to stop the behaviour completely.

More terms: Health Promotion and Behaviour

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