Opening gambit: Strategic options to initiate the tobacco endgame

Indian J Public Health. 2017 Sep;61(Suppl 1):S60-S62. doi: 10.4103/ijph.IJPH_231_17.

Abstract

Endgame strategies to rapidly hasten the decline of tobacco are already well within reach; a few plausible policy options are outlined herein for policy practitioners, tobacco control advocates, and public health specialists. The implementation of these measures which already exist within the gamut of existing legislation requires the galvanization of political will. The options we essay include liquidating existing public investments in tobacco, holding tobacco companies accountable within the jurisdictions of their operations, fixing liability for injury and the imposition of realistic costs on insurance providers.

MeSH terms

  • Health Policy*
  • Humans
  • India
  • Insurance, Health / economics
  • Liability, Legal
  • Policy Making*
  • Smoking Cessation*
  • Tobacco Industry