J Korean Med Assoc.  2014 Dec;57(12):978-980. 10.5124/jkma.2014.57.12.978.

Present situation and direction of antismoking policies in Korea

• Kim IS

• KMID: 1736624
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2014.57.12.978

Abstract

A brief history of processes of determining the health consequences of smoking is given. The role and importance of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in directing the methods and principles of anti-smoking policy and regulations to be followed by the 167 countries that ratified the Convention are delineated. Evaluation of the progress done by the Korean Institute of Health and Welfare ten years after the ratification of the Convention indicates that Korea is the 24th out of 25 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development member countries, and that the price of cigarettes was 98th among the 167 participating countries. The prevalence rate of smoking in Korea belongs to one of the highest, men in particular. Anti-smoking policy and regulations in Korea should be strongly reemphasized.

Keyword

Smoking; Final goal; US Surgeon Generals Reports; World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

MeSH Terms

Humans
Korea
Male
Prevalence
Smoke
Smoking
Social Control, Formal
Tobacco
Tobacco Products
World Health Organization
Smoke

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