Combating the tobacco epidemic in North America: challenges and opportunities

Affiliations

¹ Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA baking@cdc.gov.
² Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
³ Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA.
⁴ Department of Psychology and School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Brian A King et al. Tob Control. 2022 Mar.

. 2022 Mar;31(2):169-172.

doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056812. Epub 2021 Aug 27.

¹ Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA baking@cdc.gov.
² Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
³ Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA.
⁴ Department of Psychology and School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Keywords: end game; global health; prevention; public policy; tobacco industry.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: GTF has been an expert witness or consultant on behalf of governments in litigation involving the tobacco industry.

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