Third study on WHO MPOWER Tobacco Control Scores in Eastern Mediterranean countries 2011-2015

This study was conducted to quantify the implementation of the MPOWER policies and to assess any possible changes across Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) countries. In this comparative cross-sectional study based on 10 categories mentioned in MPOWER report 2015 a checklist was designed. Seven ques...

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Veröffentlicht in:Eastern Mediterranean health journal 2017-09, Vol.23 (9), p.598-603
Hauptverfasser: Heydari, Gholamreza, EbnAhmady, Arezoo, Lando, Harry A, Chamyani, Fahimeh, Masjedi, Mohammadreza, Shadmehr, Mohammad B, Fadaizadeh, Lida
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Zusammenfassung:This study was conducted to quantify the implementation of the MPOWER policies and to assess any possible changes across Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) countries. In this comparative cross-sectional study based on 10 categories mentioned in MPOWER report 2015 a checklist was designed. Seven questions were scored from 0-4 and three from 0-3. The 22 EMR countries were ranked and compared by their total score on a scale of 0-37. The highest scores were achieved by Egypt and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Pakistan, Sudan and Yemen showed progress, while Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, and the Syrian Arab Republic had decreased scores. The total score of the EMR countries had decreased compared to 2013. Thus, there remains a need for greater focus on tobacco taxation and smoke-free policies to address this retrograde step.
ISSN:1020-3397
1687-1634
DOI:10.26719/2017.23.9.598