The role of research in international tobacco control.
The future of the tobacco-produced disease epidemic rests in low- and middle-income countries, where cigarette sales are growing-the result of rising incomes, trade liberalization, liberalization of the treatment of women, and the introduction of Western-style advertising. Research on disease causation, epidemiology, and educational and policy interventions has contributed significantly to reducing smoking rates in developed countries. A similar contribution is needed in less affluent nations, but severe challenges are involved in implementing a robust research program in such countries. In an attempt to understand these challenges and begin to conceptualize an approach to overcoming them, I examine the need for and methods to achieve a program of meaningful research on tobacco and health, as well as health policy, in the developing world.
Warner
Kenneth E
KE
Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 109 S Observatory, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA. kwarner@umich.edu
D035843:Biomedical Research; D014943:Global Health; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D011640:Public Policy; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D019460:Tobacco Industry; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control*