Tobacco control in Georgia – key achievements and challenges

Georgia has one of the highest smoking prevalence among the European countries; cigarette smoking alone kills 8000 to 11 000 (22% of all death cases) people per year. In 2013 in order to address the devastating health and economic burden of the growing tobacco epidemic, the Government of Georgia cre...

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Main Authors: Nino Maglakelidze, Lela Sturua, Amiran Gamkrelidze
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Publishing 2018-06-01
Series:Tobacco Prevention and Cessation
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Online Access:http://www.journalssystem.com/tpc/Tobacco-control-in-Georgia-key-achievements-and-challenges,90460,0,2.html