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Tobacco and cancer: epidemiology and new perspectives of prevention and monitoring in Mexico / Tabaquismo: epidemiología y nuevas perspectivas de prevención y vigilancia en México
Reynales-Shigematsu, Luz Myriam.
  • Reynales-Shigematsu, Luz Myriam; Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca. MX
Salud pública Méx ; 58(2): 251-260, Mar.-Apr. 2016. tab, graf
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-793008
ABSTRACT
Abstract Tobacco smoking is causal risk factor of at least 16 different types of cancer. In Mexico, smoking causes 6 035 premature deaths annually of lung cancer and 5 154 from other types. Additionally, 16 408 new smoking- attributable cases are diagnosed, causing high costs in the Mexican health sector. The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is the global strategy to reduce morbidity and mortality caused by this risk factor. Four more cost-effective strategies to ensure the population benefit are i) increase tobacco taxes, ii) create 100% smoke-free environments, iii) warn damage through health warnings with pictograms and iv) total ban of advertising and promotion. Mexico is call upon to implement with determination this comprehensive strategy to reduce cancer mortality and assuring the health population.
RESUMEN
Resumen El tabaquismo es factor de riesgo causal de por lo menos 16 diferentes tipos de cáncer. En México, el tabaquismo causa anualmente 6 035 muertes prematuras por cáncer de pulmón y 5 154 por otros tipos de cáncer. Adicionalmente, se diagnostican 16 408 casos nuevos atribuibles a tabaco, provocando altos costos en el sector salud mexicano. El Convenio Marco de la Organización Mundial de la Salud para el Control del Tabaco (CMCT-OMS) es la estrategia global para reducir la morbimortalidad causada por este factor de riesgo. Son cuatro las estrategias más costoefectivas para garantizar el beneficio poblacional i) incrementar los impuestos al tabaco, ii) crear ambientes 100% libres de humo de tabaco, iii) advertir los daños a través de advertencias sanitarias con pictogramas y iv) prohibición total de la publicidad. México está llamado a implementar, de manera decidida, esta estrategia integral para reducir la mortalidad por cáncer.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Tobacco Use / Smoking Prevention / Health Promotion / Neoplasms Type of study: Etiology study / Prognostic study / Risk factors / Screening study Limits: Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: Mexico Language: English Journal: Salud pública Méx Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2016 Type: Article Affiliation country: Mexico Institution/Affiliation country: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública/MX

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Tobacco Use / Smoking Prevention / Health Promotion / Neoplasms Type of study: Etiology study / Prognostic study / Risk factors / Screening study Limits: Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: Mexico Language: English Journal: Salud pública Méx Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2016 Type: Article Affiliation country: Mexico Institution/Affiliation country: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública/MX