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EAT-Brazil award for tobacco control : a brief description of its first edition.
Corrêa, Paulo César Rodrigues Pinto; Pereira, Rayanna Mara de Oliveira Santos; Temporão, José Gomes; Cavalcante, Tânia Maria; Lisboa, Oscar CamposSmoking is a major global risk factor for preventable death and disability. EAT is an acronym for Education Against Tobacco, a multinational network of physicians and medical students that aims to improve tobacco control by means of school-based prevention targeted at adolescents through counseling, use of software and support materials. The first EAT-Brazil Award, launched in March 2018, was a competition desi...
O controle do tabagismo no Brasil: avanços e desafios
Cavalcante, Tânia MariaThough science has unequivocally demonstrated the devastating effects of tobacco consumption, it has been increasing mainly in developing countries. The lack of comprehensive measures for tobacco control in these countries makes them vulnerable to the aggressive marketing strategies of large transnational tobacco companies. Despite being the second greatest producer of tobacco in the world and the leader in exp...