ANTH106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Carboxyhemoglobin, Duboisia, Harm Reduction
27 Aug 2018
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Globalisation and the tobacco industry political economy of tobacco. * over a billion smokers in the world. * rampant advertising of smoking through sports (not aloud anymore) * amongst the worlds most comprehensive tobacco control legislation: * long regarded as on of the worlds darkest markets by the tobacco industry. * prices are high (25% tax rise in 2010) * almost all enclosed public spaces are smoke free. * coming down, 13% of adult population are daily smokers (14+) * yet smoking remains the largest single preventable cause of death and disease in australia. * 3 million smokers 18+ years between 2007/2010. * 15000 deaths per year (excluding second hand smoke exposure deaths) * approx. one death every six seconds due to tobacco. * accounts for one in 10 adult deaths (second hand smoke) * 600000 deaths among non smokers exposed to second hand smoke. * more than 8 million deaths annually 2030.
