Let’s not lose focus on what we know works for smoking cessation
Health warnings on individual cigarettes are a novel intervention that could decrease smoking rates. However, public health evidence is clear that education alone has a limited impact on discouraging smoking without broader community-based changes. Here, Benusic and Loh present evidence-based action...
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Published in | Canadian Medical Association journal (CMAJ) Vol. 191; no. 29; p. E820 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Canada
Joule Inc
22.07.2019
CMA Impact, Inc |
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | Health warnings on individual cigarettes are a novel intervention that could decrease smoking rates. However, public health evidence is clear that education alone has a limited impact on discouraging smoking without broader community-based changes. Here, Benusic and Loh present evidence-based actions that could immediately begin to decrease smoking prevalence and initiation rates in Canada. |
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Bibliography: | SourceType-Other Sources-1 content type line 63 ObjectType-Correspondence-1 ObjectType-Commentary-2 |
ISSN: | 0820-3946 1488-2329 |
DOI: | 10.1503/cmaj.72316 |