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Faculty of Nursing
Adult care Nursing Department

Smoking prevention is crucial for the reduction of cancer, and therefore, different programs have

devoted a part of their activity to interventions in this field over the past few years (European

Observatory on Health Systems and Policies 2006).

At the legislative level, directives have been established that require labeling tobacco products
with health warnings and/or indications of tar and nicotine levels along with other measures such

as forbidding to smoke in public areas. Further, legislations that increase tobacco taxes and

advertising restrictions aimed toward discouraging tobacco consumption, particularly among
adolescents, have been introduced.

The efficacy of these information and legislation-based efforts should manifest as:

1 Decrease in smoking behavior in the general population, particularly in young people;

2 Increase of former smokers;

3 Protection of nonsmokers from exposure to second-hand smoke.

In this context, the main targets for 2025 should be to increase the prevalence of nonsmoking

young people and former smokers by 10% and 2.5%, respectively.

Likewise, additional efforts should be made to establish policies that raise aware ness among
teachers and healthcare professionals about their pedagogical role; this will indirectly contribute

to increase the prevalence of former smokers.

Among other operational practices, the goal should be to:

1 Increase citizens’ awareness of the harmful effects of tobacco and raise public awareness;

2 Encourage the establishment of tobacco-free health and education facilities;

3 Promote international scientific meetings about smoking;

4 Preventing tobacco use in schools and workplaces;

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