You got to love the follies of the leftist Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health! Like all authoritarians! These fools believe in Big Government to fix perceived public concerns by ratcheting up government interventions leading to more government interventions!
"Smoking prevalence has fallen in the last 4 decades—but the number of smokers worldwide has increased to 1.1 billion, propelled by population growth, according to a new Lancet article. ...
Solutions: Increasing cigarette taxes is the most effective policy, but taxes are significantly lower in low- and middle-income countries compared to wealthy countries.
Advertising and promotion bans are also needed—but only 1 in 4 “countries have comprehensively banned all forms of direct and indirect advertising,” ..."
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