Taking action to reduce tobacco use / National Cancer Policy Board, Institute of Medicine and Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Cancer Policy Board (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tobacco use--Government policy--United States.

Tobacco use.

Smoking--Government policy--United States.

Smoking.

Tobacco use--United States--Prevention.

Smoking--United States--Prevention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (44 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academy Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""TAKING ACTION TO REDUCE TOBACCO USE""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""TAKING ACTION TO REDUCE TOBACCO USE""; ""Taking Action to Reduce Tobacco Use""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""RAISE PRICES TO REDUCE USE""; ""The price of tobacco products must be increased substantially""; ""Failure to achieve targeted reductions in youth consumption should result in further manufacturer-specific penalties""; ""STRENGTHEN FEDERAL REGULATION""; ""FDA must continue to regulate tobacco products, and the U.S. Congress must strengthen and clarify FDA's role""; ""SUPPORT STATE AND LOCAL TOBACCO CONTROL EFFORTS""

""The federal government must support state and local infrastructure for tobacco control""""Congress must repeal the federal preemption of state and local regulation of advertising and promotion""; ""MONITOR PERFORMANCE IN RELATION TO PUBLIC HEALTH GOALS""; ""The federal government must establish a system for performance monitoring in collaboration with other levels of government�""; ""HELP CURRENT USERS QUIT""; ""Effective smoking cessation interventions, as identified by the AHCPR guidelines, should be widely disseminated and�""

""Government health programs and private insurance and health plans should cover treatment programs for tobacco�""""Treatment programs for tobacco dependence should be incorporated into quality of care measures, ""report cards"" on health�""; ""Programs and norms outside the medical care system must also support prevention, cessation, and harm reduction""; ""SUPPORT RESEARCH""; ""Federal research agencies must increase their commitment to research on tobacco control.""; ""The U.S. Congress and Public Health Service agencies should intensify research on tobacco-related diseases""

""FDA and NIH should mount research programs to improve future regulation.""""The federal government must support research to clarify the feasibility, risks, and benefits of ""harm reduction"" strategies""; ""FACILITATE INTERNATIONAL TOBACCO CONTROL""; ""The United States must promote, participate in, and contribute funds to the building of a capacity for evaluating and monitor""; ""The United States should refrain from implementing trade policies that undermine foreign tobacco control efforts""; ""The United States can study and learn from effective foreign tobacco control policies.""

""SUMMARY""""REFERENCES AND NOTES""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 31-36).

ISBN:

9786610186747

9781280186745

1280186747

9780309591744

0309591740

9780585027463

0585027463

OCLC:

923260881