title: [Health and environment in public policies of tobacco farming municipalities in southern Brazil].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the challenges and potentialities for the development and implementation of local public policies that focus on the relationship between the use of pesticides, the health of the rural population and the environment in tobacco producing municipalities in southern Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  Qualitative case study research conducted at three major tobacco producing municipalities, by means of semi-structured interviews with seven actors involved with municipal healthcare. Data were subjected to thematic analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The studied issues are not among the priorities for the local public policy. However, municipalities have introduced initiatives involving actions on the use of pesticides that are articulated with contining education and intersectoral action.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Actions to protect the health of farmers must be combined with sustainable development, which would also help achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Vilma Constancia Fioravante dos
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Eliziane Nicolodi Francescato
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Deise Lisboa
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Riquinho
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Marilise Oliveira
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Mesquita
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D016573:Agrochemicals / Q000009:adverse effects; D001938:Brazil; D004782:Environmental Health; D006801:Humans; D011640:Public Policy; D014026:Nicotiana
chemical_list: D016573:Agrochemicals