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Global tobacco control : a "prevention best buy."

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  • Alternative Title:
    Global surveillance of tobacco use as a tool for tobacco control ; Global tobacco epidemic and the public health response to it ; Global tobacco epidemic and public health response ; Global tobacco surveillance system : from data to action ; International advances in tobacco control
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    This session of Grand Rounds will explore the control of tobacco use--the leading preventable cause of premature death and disease worldwide. Currently, approximately 5.4 million people die each year due to tobacco-related illnesses, a figure expected to increase to more than 8 million a year by 2030. If current global trends continue, tobacco use will cause up to 1 billion deaths in the 21st century. CDC is the lead US federal agency for comprehensive tobacco prevention and control, and CDC's Office on Smoking and Health develops, conducts, and supports strategic efforts to protect the public's health from the harmful effects of tobacco use. An efficient and systematic surveillance mechanism to monitor the epidemic is one of the essential components of a comprehensive tobacco control program. Global tobacco control has been called a "best buy" in public health. Beyond monitoring of tobacco use and exposure, this session will discuss effective prevention strategies at the personal, population, and policy levels.
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    Streaming video (58 min. : sd., col.).

    Presented by: Joanna Cohen, PhD, MHSc, Director, Institute for Global Tobacco Control, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ["The Global Tobacco Epidemic and the Public Health Response to It"]; Samira Asma, DDS, MPH, Branch Chief, Global Tobacco Control Branch, Office on Smoking and Health, CDC, ["Global Surveillance of Tobacco Use as a Tool for Tobacco Control"]; Michael Eriksen, ScD, Professor and Director, Institute of Public Health, Georgia State University, ["International Advances in Tobacco Control"].

    Facilitated by: Tanja Popovic, MD, PhD, Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds, John Iskander, MD, MPH, Deputy Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds, Susan Laird, MSN, RN, Communications Manager, Public Health Grand Rounds

    Recorded Tuesday, July 24, 2012.

    Mode of access: World Wide Web as streaming video (657 MB, total time: 58:06) and as an Acrobat .pdf file ((9.7 MB, 62 p.) containing PowerPoint slides for the speakers' talks.

    Open-captioned.

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    Public health grand rounds ; 2012 July 24
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