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Book SynopsisThis volume utilizes the work initiated and executed under a recent major public health initiative, the African Tobacco Situational Analyses (ATSA), which was sponsored by the Canadian government''s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) with funds from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The program was conceived to illuminate the factors that will facilitate the reform of major public health policies, particularly, but not limited to, tobacco. The results, presented in this volume, are an important contribution to the literature on global public health and international development, and comprise the most comprehensive evidence-based analysis of tobacco policy in the African region.
Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables; Foreword by O. O. Akinkugbe; Preface by Jacqui Drope; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1. Introduction; 2. The Political Mapping Process; 3. Progress on Smoke-Free Policies; 4. Taxation as a Tobacco Control Strategy; 5. The Challenges of Implementing Bans on Advertising, Promotion and Sponsorship; 6. The Pursuit of Packaging and Labeling Requirements; 7. Burkina Faso; 8. Cameroon; 9. Eritrea; 10. Ghana; 11. Kenya; 12. Malawi; 13. Mauritius; 14. Nigeria; 15. Senegal; 16. South Africa; 17. Tanzania; 18. Zambia; 19. Conclusion: Tobacco Control in Africa – People, Politics and Policies; Notes on Contributors; Index
