In developing countries like Cambodia, it is often assumed that the cost of tobacco-related disease to national economies and households is low, despite a high number of male smokers. There are a number of reasons for this.
In March 2007, IDRC's Research for International Tobacco Control (RITC) hosted an Inter American workshop on tobacco control in Colonia, Uruguay, for approximately 30 participants active in tobacco control in the region.
Since March 1, 2006, all enclosed spaces in Uruguay have been declared smoke-free by presidential decree. However, policies governing other aspects of tobacco control, such as taxation measures, have yet to be put in place.
Despite some successes when it comes to national and global efforts at tobacco control, little evidence exists of international funding or support in this area for developing countries like Bolivia.
Across South America, tobacco use remains high among children and adults. New research will explore the benefits and limitations of tobacco pricing and tax strategies on reducing tobacco use in Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile.
Guatemala is at stage three of the five stages of the epidemiologic transition, which refers to the transition from infectious to chronic diseases as the leading cause of death.
The Tobacco Control Research Group (TCRG), University of Beirut (AUB), is a multidisciplinary team of professionals from the health sciences, medicine, chemistry and engineering departments.
Bangladesh introduced its first comprehensive tobacco control act in 2005, in an attempt to address the country's high prevalence of tobacco use.
In many low- and middle-income countries where tobacco use is common, tuberculosis (TB) is also a major problem. Studies have shown that smokers have a much greater chance of contracting TB and that tobacco use aggravates TB.
Bangladesh is a signatory to the World Health Organization's global health treaty on tobacco control, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC). The FCTC is the world's first public health treaty.