Moving forward in the Americas: tobacco control fosters sustainable development
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[EXTRACT]. This special issue applies this lens, bringing an equity focus to tobacco control measures, with particular attention paid to vulnerable groups (e.g., youth and low-income quintiles) and including a gender perspective. Further, one analysis empha- sizes the extent of environmental damage posed across the tobacco production chain, including the economic cost of tobacco products waste, and proposes policies to address this.
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Blanco Marquizo A, Bianco E, Paraje G, Gouda HN, Birckmayer J, Welding K et al. Moving forward in the Americas: tobacco control fosters sustainable development. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2022;46:e139. https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2022.139
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