A decade of tobacco control efforts: Implications for tobacco smoking prevalence in Eastern Mediterranean countries.

Negar TaheriPedram FattahiElnaz SaeediMaryam SayyariSepideh AbdiMina KhakiNavid RahimiRouhollah K MotamediFereshte LotfiMojtaba Vand RajabpourSaeed Nemati

Published in: PloS one (2024)

This study underscored the effectiveness of enhancing the implementation of tobacco control policies and increasing the cigarette affordability index as preventive measures to reduce tobacco smoking prevalence in EMR countries over the past decade.

Keyphrases

smoking cessation
risk factors
randomized controlled trial
public health
primary care
systematic review
quality improvement
south africa