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The case for a smoker's license.
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- Playing with a Stacked Deck: Literature Review and Case Series of Problem Gambling in Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.Journal of gambling studies · 2019Review
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- Willingness to Stop Growing Tobacco in Uganda.Journal of global oncology · 2019Article
- How are different levels of knowledge about physical activity associated with physical activity behaviour in Australian adults?PloS one · 2018Article
- The tobacco endgame: a qualitative review and synthesis.Tobacco control · 2016Review
- "What Is Our Story?" Philip Morris's Changing Corporate Narrative.American journal of public health · 2015Article
- Minimising the harm from nicotine use: finding the right regulatory framework.Tobacco control · 2013Article
- In and across bureaucracy: structural and administrative issues for the tobacco endgame.Tobacco control · 2013Article
- The FCTC's evidence-based policies remain a key to ending the tobacco epidemic.Tobacco control · 2013Article
- An endgame for tobacco?Tobacco control · 2013Article
- The tobacco-free generation proposal.Tobacco control · 2013Article
- Potential advantages and disadvantages of an endgame strategy: a 'sinking lid' on tobacco supply.Tobacco control · 2013Review
- Supply-side options for an endgame for the tobacco industry.Tobacco control · 2013Article
- The case against a smoker's license.PLoS medicine · 2012Article
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Abstract
background to the debateTobacco continues to kill millions of people around the world each year and its use is increasing in some countries, which makes the need for new, creative, and radical efforts to achieve the tobacco control endgame vitally important. One such effort is discussed in this PLOS Medicine Debate, where Simon Chapman presents his proposal for a "smoker's license" and Jeff Collin argues against. Chapman sets out a case for introducing a smart card license for smokers designed to limit access to tobacco products and encourage cessation. Key elements of the smoker's license include smokers setting daily limits, financial incentives for permanent license surrender, and a test of health risk knowledge for commencing smokers. Collin argues against the proposal, saying that it would shift focus away from the real vector of the epidemic--the tobacco industry--and that by focusing on individuals it would censure victims, increase stigmatization of smokers, and marginalize the poor.
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