Global public health advocates open new fronts in war on tobacco

(International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer) Efforts to control tobacco as a public health threat have escalated as clinicians and public health advocates have coalesced to beat back threats from tobacco companies through public advocacy, public health, and pension reform. Today, public health advocates from Brazil, Malaysia, Ireland, Australia, and Uruguay presented different strategies that have effectively reigned in the global threat of tobacco companies at a press briefing held at IASLC 17th World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC).
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news