tailieunhanh - báo cáo khoa học: "A surveillance summary of smoking and review of tobacco control in Jordan"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: A surveillance summary of smoking and review of tobacco control in Jordan | Globalization and Health BioMed Central Open Access Short report A surveillance summary of smoking and review of tobacco control in Jordan Adel Belbeisi1 Mohannad Al Nsour2 Anwar Batieha3 David W Brown 4 and Henry T Walke4 Address Ministry of Health Amman Jordan Consultant to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta Georgia USA 3Jordan University of Science and Technology Irbid Jordan and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta Georgia USA Email Adel Belbeisi - epijor@ Mohannad Al Nsour - mohannadnsour973@ Anwar Batieha - batieha@ David W Brown - dbrown6@ Henry TWalke - hwalke@ Corresponding author Published I December 2009 Received I October 2009 r m Accepted 1 December 2009 Globalization and Health 2009 5 18 doi 1744-8603-5-18 This article is available from http content 5 1 18 2009 Belbeisi et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract The burden of smoking-related diseases in Jordan is increasingly evident. During 2006 chronic noncommunicable diseases NCDs accounted for more than 50 of all deaths in Jordan. With this evidence in hand we highlight the prevalence of smoking in Jordan among youth and adults and briefly review legislation that governs tobacco control in Jordan. The prevalence of smoking in Jordan remains unacceptably high with smoking and use of tobacco prevalences ranging from 15 to 30 among students aged 13-15 years and a current smoking prevalence near 50 among men. Opportunities exist to further reduce smoking among both youth and adults however combating tobacco use in Jordan will require partnerships and long-term commitments between both private and public institutions as well as .