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Author Organization, World Health

Title Gender Women and the Tobacco Epidemic
Published Geneva : World Health Organization, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (254 p.)
Contents Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; A Message from Dr Margaret Chan; 1. Summary and Overview; 2. A Gender Equality Framework for Tobacco Control; 3. Prevalence ofTobacco Useand FactorsInfl uencing Initiationand MaintenanceAmong Women; 4. Impact ofTobacco Use onWomen's Health; 5. Second-HandSmoke, Women,and Children; 6. The Marketing ofTobacco to Women:Global Perspectives; 7. Addiction to Nicotine; 8. Quitting Smokingand Beating NicotineAddiction; 9. Pregnancy andPostpartum SmokingCessation; 10. How to MakePolicies MoreGender-Sensitive; 11. Taxation andthe Economics ofTobacco Control
Summary The numbers of women who use tobacco and who are exposed to second-hand smoke, especially in poor communities, are expected to increase in the coming decades. This will have enormous adverse effects on households' financial status and family health. This monograph makes an important contribution to our scientific understanding of tobacco use among women. It also provides an analytical framework for promoting a gender perspective in policy-making.This monograph helps to assess the current situation, identifies gaps in research and offers solutions that must be heeded to prevent an epidemic of t
Analysis Smoking -- Health aspects
Notes Description based upon print version of record
12. Women's Rights and International Agreements13. The InternationalWomen's Movementand Anti-TobaccoCampaigns
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
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Subject Women -- Tobacco use.
Women -- Prevention -- Tobacco use
Smoking -- Health aspects
Marketing.
Communication.
Habit.
Health.
Diseases.
Human behavior.
Commerce.
Public health.
Mental illness.
Medical care.
Sex factors in disease.
Women.
Women -- Health and hygiene.
Epidemiologic Factors
Marketing
Substance-Related Disorders
Persons
Communication
Habits
Health
Information Science
Quality of Health Care
Disease
Behavior
Population Characteristics
Commerce
Public Health
Named Groups
Mental Disorders
Psychiatry and Psychology
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
Delivery of Health Care
Environment and Public Health
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Technology, Industry, Agriculture
Advertising
Sex Factors
Tobacco Use Disorder
Women
Women's Health
Smoking
marketing.
health.
human behavior.
public health.
mental disorders.
advertising.
Femmes.
Tabagisme.
Risques sanitaires.
Contrôle sanitaire.
Lutte contre la drogue.
Organisation mondiale de la santé.
Smoking -- Health aspects.
Women -- Tobacco use.
Women -- Tobacco use -- Prevention.
Psychiatry.
Health & Biological Sciences.
Substance Abuse Disorders.
Form Electronic book
Author Yoon, Soon-Young Contributor
World Health Organization Contributor
Samet, Jonathan M Contributor
World Health Organization, Content Provider.
ISBN 9240686339
9789240686335