Tobacco control in the European Union

Smoking is the leading avoidable cause of mortality and serious disability worldwide. The prevalence of smoking varies greatly between the 27 European Union (EU) Member States as does the implementation of tobacco control policies. The main aims of this thesis were to investigate the extent of the v...

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Main Author: Bogdanovica, Ilze
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13798/
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description Smoking is the leading avoidable cause of mortality and serious disability worldwide. The prevalence of smoking varies greatly between the 27 European Union (EU) Member States as does the implementation of tobacco control policies. The main aims of this thesis were to investigate the extent of the variation between and the reliability of measures of smoking prevalence, the relation between prevalence and tobacco control policy implementation, the country characteristics associated with policy implementation, and a detailed analysis of the association between cigarette prices and smoking prevalence.
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spelling nottingham-137982025-02-28T11:27:05Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13798/ Tobacco control in the European Union Bogdanovica, Ilze Smoking is the leading avoidable cause of mortality and serious disability worldwide. The prevalence of smoking varies greatly between the 27 European Union (EU) Member States as does the implementation of tobacco control policies. The main aims of this thesis were to investigate the extent of the variation between and the reliability of measures of smoking prevalence, the relation between prevalence and tobacco control policy implementation, the country characteristics associated with policy implementation, and a detailed analysis of the association between cigarette prices and smoking prevalence. 2012 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13798/1/575456.pdf Bogdanovica, Ilze (2012) Tobacco control in the European Union. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. Smoking law and legislation government policy prevention European Union countries tobacco use disorder
spellingShingle Smoking
law and legislation
government policy
prevention
European Union countries
tobacco use disorder
Bogdanovica, Ilze
Tobacco control in the European Union
title Tobacco control in the European Union
title_full Tobacco control in the European Union
title_fullStr Tobacco control in the European Union
title_full_unstemmed Tobacco control in the European Union
title_short Tobacco control in the European Union
title_sort tobacco control in the european union
topic Smoking
law and legislation
government policy
prevention
European Union countries
tobacco use disorder
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13798/