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editorial
. 2019 Jul 18;5:24. doi: 10.18332/tpc/110587

Table 1.

The cornerstones of a comprehensive approach to tobacco control

  1. Eliminate exposure to tobacco products via:

    • smoke-free environments

    • point-of-sale display bans

    • reduction of number of tobacco sale outlets

  2. Provide comprehensive and affordable nation-wide smoking cessation support systems for those who want to quit smoking

  3. Implement continuous media campaigns to raise awareness of the harms from smoking and to promote quit attempts

  4. Make tobacco products less attractive through:

    • regular and substantial increases of the consumer price of

    • tobacco through tax increases

    • advertising and promotion restrictions

    • health warnings on cigarette packs and plain packaging

    • regulating additives in tobacco products that contribute to

    • attractiveness and addictiveness