Tobacco Control in Turkey in the Light of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey
Osman Elbek, Oğuz Kılınç, Banu Salepçi, Pınar Bostan, Pelin Duru Çetinkaya, Seren Arpaz, Aslı Görek Dilektaşlı, Filiz Cagla Uyanusta Kucuk, Departmet of Chest Diseases, A Medicine Plaza, Ankara, Turkey, Elif Dagli
Abstract
The second period of tobacco control studies in Turkey has been completed in 2008-2012. The third period is scheduled to be implemented between 2018 and 2023. Periodic studies are conducted to evaluate the effects and success of periods on tobacco control. One of these studies is the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS). The first of this research was published in 2012 and the last one was published in 2016.
Topics & Concepts
Tobacco controlTobacco useEnvironmental healthPolitical scienceMedicinePublic healthNursingPopulationSmoking Behavior and CessationObesity, Physical Activity, DietGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology