TY - JOUR
T1 - Third study on WHO MPOWER tobacco control scores in eastern mediterranean countries 2011-2015
AU - Heydari, Gholamreza
AU - Ebnahmady, Arezoo
AU - Lando, Harry A.
AU - Chamyani, Fahimeh
AU - Masjedi, Mohammadreza
AU - Shadmehr, Mohammad B.
AU - Fadaizadeh, Lida
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, World Health Organization. All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/9
Y1 - 2017/9
N2 - This study was conducted to quantify the implementation of the MPOWER policies and to assess any possible changes across Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMcountries. In this comparative cross-sectional study based on 10 categories mentioned in MPOWER report 2015 a checklist was designed. Seven questions were scored from 0-4 and three from 0-3. The 22 EMR countries were ranked and compared by their total score on a scale of 0-37. The highest scores were achieved by Egypt and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Pakistan, Sudan and Yemen showed progress, while Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, and the Syrian Arab Republic had decreased scores. The total score of the EMR countries had decreased compared to 2013. Thus, there remains a need for greater focus on tobacco taxation and smoke-free policies to address this retrograde step.
AB - This study was conducted to quantify the implementation of the MPOWER policies and to assess any possible changes across Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMcountries. In this comparative cross-sectional study based on 10 categories mentioned in MPOWER report 2015 a checklist was designed. Seven questions were scored from 0-4 and three from 0-3. The 22 EMR countries were ranked and compared by their total score on a scale of 0-37. The highest scores were achieved by Egypt and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Pakistan, Sudan and Yemen showed progress, while Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, and the Syrian Arab Republic had decreased scores. The total score of the EMR countries had decreased compared to 2013. Thus, there remains a need for greater focus on tobacco taxation and smoke-free policies to address this retrograde step.
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U2 - 10.26719/2017.23.9.598
DO - 10.26719/2017.23.9.598
M3 - Article
C2 - 29178116
AN - SCOPUS:85035792376
SN - 1020-3397
VL - 23
SP - 598
EP - 603
JO - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
JF - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
IS - 9
ER -