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ArticleTobacco control2010

Phasing-out tobacco: proposal to deny access to tobacco for those born from 2000.

Deborah Khoo, Yvonne Chiam, Priscilla Ng, A J Berrick, H N Koong

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Article in Tobacco control, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Towards stronger tobacco control policies to curb the smoking epidemic in Spain.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2024
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  13. Time for tobacco-free generations in the Western Pacific?The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2022
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  18. Willingness to Stop Growing Tobacco in Uganda.Journal of global oncology · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Deborah KhooNational Cancer Centre Singapore, Department of Surgical Oncology, 11 Hospital Drive, Singapore 169610, Singapore.
Yvonne Chiam
Priscilla Ng
A J Berrick
H N Koong

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As a contribution to worldwide efforts towards a tobacco-free society, this paper considers the possibility of a long-term phasing-in of a total ban, by proposing that individuals born in or after the year 2000 have their supply of tobacco restricted. In conjunction, a survey that we have conducted in Singapore indicates strong public support (even among current smokers) for the proposal.

Indexed as

Attitude to HealthSmoking PreventionAdolescentChildHealth SurveysHumansSingaporeSmoking

Identifiers

PMID20876075
PMCPMC2978941

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