Data/Reports

Institute of Medicine releases a blueprint for domestic tobacco control
The Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Reducing Tobacco Use recently released a report on domestic tobacco control. The report was developed to provide a blueprint to substantially minimize the effects of tobacco use in the United States. Among other suggestions, the committee proposed increasing excise taxes, implementing smoking bans in all nonresidential indoor settings, restricting tobacco marketing and granting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate the production and sale of tobacco products. Click here to read the press release or click here to access the report brief or to order the full report. To read the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids’ response, written by President Matthew L. Myers, click here.

100 million tobacco deaths preventable
In a report recently published in The Lancet, New York mayor Michael Bloomberg estimates that reducing the number of adult smokers by one-fifth by 2020 would save 100 million lives. The report criticizes the tobacco industry advertising and promotion practices, and suggests that these be severely restricted to facilitate cessation. It also stresses the importance of education in the developing world, as approximately two-thirds of adult smokers live in 15 low- or middle-income countries. Increasing taxation and expanding no-smoking zones are among other strategies emphasized in the report. To read more click here.

An international review of tobacco smoking research in the nursing profession, 1976-2006
A meta-analysis of 73 English-language studies examines tobacco smoking behavior in nurses. Researchers report that although smoking incidence has in general decreased since 1976, nurses in some developing countries still smoke at alarmingly high levels. Click here to read more.

Smoking rate among Japanese men falls to 20-year low
According to the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare smoking among Japanese men dropped to 39.3% in 2005, down four percentage points from the previous year. This is the lowest percentage the Ministry has observed since it started collecting data in 1986. To read more, click here.

State-specific prevalence of smoke free home rules — United States, 1992–2003
According to data from the Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS), nearly three out of four U.S. households do not allow smoking anywhere at any time in the home. The proportion of U.S. households with smoke-free home rules increased from 43 percent in 1992-1993 to 72 percent in 2003. Although the proportion of households with smoke-free home rules varied among the states, this proportion increased significantly in every state over this period. Kentucky had the lowest and Utah had the highest proportion of households reporting smoke-free home rules for both reported periods. The proportion of smoke-free homes increased from 25.7 percent to 53.4 percent in Kentucky and from 69.6 percent to 88.8 percent in Utah. To access the full article, found in the May 25th issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, click here.

Chile tops world ranking of women smokers
Recent research conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that 36.8% of Chile’s females smoke an average of eight cigarettes per day, making Chile the country with the highest percentage of female smokers in the world. The study included 193 countries. Moreover, the study revealed that three out of ten female smokers younger than 15 years old are addicted to tobacco. In response to the study, Chile plans to conduct an anti-smoking campaign targeted at teenagers in the second half of 2007. Click here to read more.

Europeans favor ban on smoking in public
A recent study conducted on behalf of the European Commission reveals that 88 percent of adults in the European Union support a ban on smoking in workplaces and other indoor areas. This trend could aid the implementation of a European Union-wide smoking ban in these areas by 2009. To read more, click here.

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