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Global Tobacco Control
- Author: Stillman, Frances, Samet, Jonathan, Wipfli, Heather
- Subject: Science and Technology, Social Sciences
- Institution Name: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Collection: JHSPH OpenCourseWare
- Grade Level: Post-secondary
- Abstract: Provides an introduction to global tobacco control. Presents the health and economic burden of tobacco use worldwide and highlights practical approaches to tobacco prevention, control, surveillance, and evaluation. Examines transnational tobacco control issues, including the following: the interpretation and packaging of epidemiologic evidence for policy makers, the determinants of tobacco addiction, the economics of global tobacco control, tobacco industry strategies, legal foundations for regulation, and basic surveillance and evaluation methods using lectures, case-studies, and discussion.
- Course Type: Full Course
- Languages: English
- Material Types: Lecture Notes, Syllabi
- Media Formats: Text/HTML, Downloadable docs, Graphics/Photos
- Technical Requirements: Adobe Acrobat
- Conditions of Use:
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5
