title: Legislation to control smoking: leverage for effective policy.
abstract: The concern of the 6th International Symposium on Prevention and Detection of Cancer with legislation to curb smoking reflects the growing recognition of the contribution that the law can make to controlling the promotion and use of one of the most serious health hazards of modern times--tobacco. Oncologists, with their intimate knowledge of the link between smoking and disease, are a powerful ally in this world-wide struggle.
mesh_terms: D000329:Advertising; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D012907:Smoking; D014026:Nicotiana; D014481:United States; D014944:World Health Organization