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Future perspectives for strengthening the tobacco industry fight indicators

Year 2024, , 120 - 124, 26.04.2024
https://doi.org/10.20518/tjph.1347149

Abstract

The tobacco industry, as a “commercial” determinant of health, uses various tactics to increase the number of smokers at the global level. Governments, with the support of the tobacco control community, should focus on reversing the tobacco endgame. Watching out for industry manipulations with objective and well-known tools might be helpful. Although WHO-MPOWER is a frequently used assessment tool to define the tobacco control capacity of the countries, it may not give “objective” messages to assess the situation of tobacco industry interference. On the other hand, the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index (GTIII) is a better indicator to understand and emphasize the tobacco industry interference. Comparing these two assessment tools might be helpful in deciding which one to use. In this regard, we aimed to compare selected countries’ tobacco control status using MPOWER and GTIII indicators. Data from twenty-four countries were included in the study. We found that a country that fully covers the MPOWER criteria can be open to industry interference based on the GTIII values. This discrepancy highlights the need for more comprehensive tools to assess the status of tobacco interference. Besides the current ones, the development of new indicators with a transdisciplinary approach might also be helpful in the tobacco endgame.

References

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Year 2024, , 120 - 124, 26.04.2024
https://doi.org/10.20518/tjph.1347149

Abstract

References

  • Available at: https://www.who.int/health-topics/commercial-determinants-of-health#tab=tab_1 Accessed March 3, 2024.
  • MPOWER. WHO Report on The Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2008: The MPOWER package. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2008.
  • Global Tobacco Index, Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021. Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control [online]. Available at: https://globaltobaccoindex.org Accessed April 5, 2022.
  • The Tobacco Atlas [online]. Available at: https://tobaccoatlas.org Accessed April 5, 2022.
  • Enforce bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship (Tobacco control). Global Health Observatory. World Heatlh Organization [online]. Available at: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-details/GHO/gho-tobacco-control-enforce-bans-on-tobacco-advertising-promotion-and-sponsorship Accessed April 11, 2022.
  • Age-standardized estimates of current tobacco use, tobacco smoking and cigarette smoking (Tobacco control: Monitor). Global Health Observatory. World Heatlh Organization [online]. Available at: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-details/GHO/gho-tobacco-control-monitor-current-tobaccouse-tobaccosmoking-cigarrettesmoking-agestd-tobagestdcurr Accessed April 6, 2022.
  • Lee Y, Kim S, Kim MK, Kawachi I, Oh J. Association between Tobacco Industry Interference Index (TIII) and MPOWER measures and adult daily smoking prevalence rate in 30 countries. Global Health. 2024 Jan 3;20(1):6.
  • Aslan D. Can transdisciplinary approaches contribute to the COVID-19 fight? Glob Health Promot 2021 Jun;28(2):72-77. doi: 10.1177/17579759211002376. Epub 2021 Apr 28.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Health Services and Systems (Other)
Journal Section Technical brief
Authors

Tuğçe Mehlika Şanver 0000-0002-9548-8859

Dilek Aslan 0000-0002-4053-2517

Early Pub Date April 20, 2024
Publication Date April 26, 2024
Submission Date August 23, 2023
Acceptance Date March 5, 2024
Published in Issue Year 2024

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APA Şanver, T. M., & Aslan, D. (2024). Future perspectives for strengthening the tobacco industry fight indicators. Turkish Journal of Public Health, 22(1), 120-124. https://doi.org/10.20518/tjph.1347149
AMA Şanver TM, Aslan D. Future perspectives for strengthening the tobacco industry fight indicators. TJPH. April 2024;22(1):120-124. doi:10.20518/tjph.1347149
Chicago Şanver, Tuğçe Mehlika, and Dilek Aslan. “Future Perspectives for Strengthening the Tobacco Industry Fight Indicators”. Turkish Journal of Public Health 22, no. 1 (April 2024): 120-24. https://doi.org/10.20518/tjph.1347149.
EndNote Şanver TM, Aslan D (April 1, 2024) Future perspectives for strengthening the tobacco industry fight indicators. Turkish Journal of Public Health 22 1 120–124.
IEEE T. M. Şanver and D. Aslan, “Future perspectives for strengthening the tobacco industry fight indicators”, TJPH, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 120–124, 2024, doi: 10.20518/tjph.1347149.
ISNAD Şanver, Tuğçe Mehlika - Aslan, Dilek. “Future Perspectives for Strengthening the Tobacco Industry Fight Indicators”. Turkish Journal of Public Health 22/1 (April 2024), 120-124. https://doi.org/10.20518/tjph.1347149.
JAMA Şanver TM, Aslan D. Future perspectives for strengthening the tobacco industry fight indicators. TJPH. 2024;22:120–124.
MLA Şanver, Tuğçe Mehlika and Dilek Aslan. “Future Perspectives for Strengthening the Tobacco Industry Fight Indicators”. Turkish Journal of Public Health, vol. 22, no. 1, 2024, pp. 120-4, doi:10.20518/tjph.1347149.
Vancouver Şanver TM, Aslan D. Future perspectives for strengthening the tobacco industry fight indicators. TJPH. 2024;22(1):120-4.

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