Tobacco Control in Asian Countries
A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Pediatric Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (22 April 2022) | Viewed by 3197
Special Issue Editor
Interests: health behavior theory; tobacco control; public health; mental stress
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Dear Colleagues,
Globally, tobacco use is one of the leading causes of premature mortality, especially low- and middle-income countries. Asia is an important area endangered by smoking. Secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure is an important public health problem resulting from smoking, and children are a vulnerable population who are at high risk for tobacco-related health inequities in tobacco epidemic societies. Approaches to address this problem need to be based on high-quality scientific research to understand root causes and determine effective approaches to reduce tobacco-related diseases. This research has three main objectives. The primary research goal is to assess tobacco use， especially electronic cigarettes and SHS exposure status among children. Secondly it aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the social and behavioral mechanisms leading to tobacco use and SHS exposure. A third goal is to examine the effect of tobacco use and SHS exposure reduction measures among children, and others measures to decrease the SHS exposure of children. It should be stressed that we give very low priority to studies examining the association of tobacco use and health in any population and to papers describing knowledge and attitudes about smoking in the general population. We believe that these measures are needed to reduce health inequities among children, and contribute to the goal of ‘Health for All’.
Prof. Dr. Tingzhong Yang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- children
- smoking
- secondhand smoke
- tobacco control
- socially disadvantaged groups
- public health
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