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Video Q&A: Tobacco-related mortality: past, present and future. An interview with Alan Lopez

Author: Alan D Lopez

Published in: BMC Medicine | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

In this video Q & A, we talk to Alan Lopez about the global burden of tobacco-related mortality. Prof Lopez highlights how this epidemic emerged in the past, and how it is likely to progress in the future. He also discusses ways in which countries that currently have few or no tobacco-control policies in place can apply measures to curtail premature mortality.
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Metadata
Title
Video Q&A: Tobacco-related mortality: past, present and future. An interview with Alan Lopez
Author
Alan D Lopez
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Medicine / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1741-7015
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-014-0162-x

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