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The Tobacco Endgame: Is It Possible?
Tobacco accounts for about one in 10 deaths globally, or 6 million deaths per year, according to WHO, and as many as half of current users will die from the effects of tobacco consumption.
As the proportion of non-smokers in the world grows, tobacco interests have taken to the courts to combat government efforts to reduce smoking. Is it realistic to envision a day when tobacco use is no longer a leading cause of illness and death?
In a Guest Editorial marking WHO's annual World No Tobacco Day on 31 May 2015, Tom Novotny assesses the tobacco control landscape and considers how a tobacco endgame could become a reality.
Image Credit: Ken Hawkins, Flickr
Citation: (2015) PLoS Medicine Issue Image | Vol. 12(5) May 2015. PLoS Med 12(5): ev12.i05. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pmed.v12.i05
Published: May 29, 2015
Copyright: © 2015 Hawkins. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Tobacco accounts for about one in 10 deaths globally, or 6 million deaths per year, according to WHO, and as many as half of current users will die from the effects of tobacco consumption.
As the proportion of non-smokers in the world grows, tobacco interests have taken to the courts to combat government efforts to reduce smoking. Is it realistic to envision a day when tobacco use is no longer a leading cause of illness and death?
In a Guest Editorial marking WHO's annual World No Tobacco Day on 31 May 2015, Tom Novotny assesses the tobacco control landscape and considers how a tobacco endgame could become a reality.
Image Credit: Ken Hawkins, Flickr