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The tobacco use management system: analyzing tobacco control from a systems perspective.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20466970     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We use systems thinking to develop a strategic framework for analyzing the tobacco problem and we suggest solutions. Humans are vulnerable to nicotine addiction, and the most marketable form of nicotine delivery is the most harmful. A tobacco use management system has evolved out of governments' attempts to regulate tobacco marketing and use and to support services that provide information about tobacco's harms and discourage its use. Our analysis identified 5 systemic problems that constrain progress toward the elimination of tobacco-related harm. We argue that this goal would be more readily achieved if the regulatory subsystem had dynamic power to regulate tobacco products and the tobacco industry as well as a responsive process for resourcing tobacco use control activities.
Authors:
Ron Borland; David Young; Ken Coghill; Jian Ying Zhang
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-05-13
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of public health     Volume:  100     ISSN:  1541-0048     ISO Abbreviation:  Am J Public Health     Publication Date:  2010 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-06-09     Completed Date:  2010-07-19     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  1254074     Medline TA:  Am J Public Health     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1229-36     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Council Victoria, Victoria, Australia. ron.borland@cancervic.org.au
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Humans
Smoking / prevention & control*
Social Control Policies / legislation & jurisprudence*
Systems Analysis
Systems Theory*
Tobacco Industry / legislation & jurisprudence*
Tobacco Use Disorder / prevention & control*

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