Brazil and tobacco use: a hard nut to crack

Abstract

Brazil is pushing to enforce smoking bans and backing nicotine replacement therapies in an attempt to keep chipping away at tobacco-use statistics. Raising the price of cigarettes would also help. Claudia Jurberg reports.

Edson Santos (third from left) at a tobacco cessation therapy session. Participants do exercises like this to relax and prevent anxiety.

Vera da Costa e Silva

Disturbing image in Brazilian poster campaign.