The tobacco atlas [electronic resource] / Judith Mackay and Michael Eriksen.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Mackay, Judith.

Contributor:

Eriksen, Michael P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tobacco use--Maps.

Tobacco use.

Smoking--Prevention--Maps.

Smoking.

Medical geography--Maps.

Medical geography.

Physical Description:

xi, 66 p. : maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : World Health Organization, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Tobacco Atlas is intended for anyone concerned with personal or political health, governance, politics, economics, big business, corporate behaviour, smuggling, tax, religion, internet, allocation of resources, human development and the future. It will be useful for UN agencies, governments and politicians, health officials, the media, researchers, universities, schools, and the general public. The atlas includes full-colour world maps and graphics, revealing similarities and differences between countries, on the history of tobacco, different types of tobacco use, prevalence and consumption, youth smoking, the economics of tobacco, farming and manufacturing, smuggling, the tobacco industry, promotion, profits, trade, smokers' rights, legislative action such as smoke-free areas, bans on tobacco advertising, health warnings, quitting, the effect of price and taxation, litigation and the future of the epidemic. This book illustrates, in an accessible and creative format, how tobacco is not just a simple health issue, but involves economics, big business, politics, trade, litigation, deceit and crimes such as smuggling. The atlas also shows the importance of a multifaceted approach to reducing the epidemic by WHO, other UN agencies, NGOs, the private sector and, in fact, the whole of civil society.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Photo Credits

About the Authors

1. The History of Tobacco

Part One: PREVALENCE AND HEALTH

2. Types of Tobacco Use

3. Male Smoking

4. Female Smoking

5. Youth

6. Cigarette Consumption

7. Health Risks

8. Passive Smoking

9. Deaths

Part Two: THE COSTS OF TOBACCO

10. Costs to the Economy

11. Costs to the Smoker

Part Three: THE TOBACCO TRADE

12. Growing Tobacco

13. Manufacturing Tobacco

14. Tobacco Companies

15. Tobacco Trade

16. Smuggling

Part Four: PROMOTION

17. Tobacco Industry Promotion

18. Internet Sales

19. Politics

20. Smokers' Rights Organisations

21. Tobacco Industry Documents

Part Five: TAKING ACTION

22. Research

23. Tobacco Control Organisations

24. Legislation: Smoke-free Areas

25. Legislation: Advertising Bans

26. Legislation: Health Warnings

27. Health Education

28. Quitting

29. Price Policy

30. Litigation

31. Projections by Industry

32. Future

Part Six: WORLD TABLES

Table A: The Demographics of Tobacco

Table B: The Business of Tobacco

Glossary

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Sources

Useful Contacts

Index

D

F

G

J

L

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Q

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V

Y.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610060405

92-4-068141-8

1-280-06040-9

OCLC:

70728927