2012-08-31 10:01:08 - Anti-Smoking Legislation Vital for
Nicotine Addiction to go up in Smoke, says Report Anti-smoking
legislation and structured support from healthcare providers is
essential to achieve widespread smoking cessation, claims a new
report by healthcare experts Publisher. The new report* argues
that the effectiveness of current pharmaceutical treatments
depends as much on enforced legislation, such as smoking bans,
and support from healthcare providers as an individual’s
willingness to quit. According to the World Health Organization
(WHO), up to half of all ‘lifelong’ tobacco users will die from
a tobacco-related disease, while the five million deaths that
occur as a result of smoking every year outnumber the collective
lives lost to HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. Nicotine
addiction therefore represents a serious public health risk and
must be met with effective cessation therapies. Publisher claims
that the prevalent population for nicotine addiction stood at
136.7 million in 2011, while