ALL AFRICA CONFERENCE ON TOBACCO CONTROL
ALL AFRICA CONFERENCE ON TOBACCO CONTROL
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DOI：
10.1136/bmj.308.6922.189
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发表时间：
1994-01-15
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通讯作者：
SIMPSON, D
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作者：
CHAPMAN, S;YACH, D;SIMPSON, D
虽然吸烟危害健康的观点现在在大多数西方国家已被普遍接受，但这些论点对较贫穷的国家并没有多大影响。去年11月在津巴布韦哈拉雷举行的烟草控制会议是解决这一问题的最大规模会议。会议听取了在遥远的未来与烟草有关的疾病流行病的威胁如何对那些往往已经存在大规模公共卫生问题的国家的政府来说无足轻重。需要强调更直接的影响。发言者提出了三个令人信服的论点：第一，基本货物外贸能力的丧失，因为大多数非洲国家是烟草净进口国;第二，正在发生的大规模森林砍伐，为烟草的烟熏提供燃料;第三，来自巴布亚新几内亚的证据表明，提高烟草税使政府的收入在开始下降之前增加了许多年。
Although the health hazards of smoking are now generally accepted in most Western countries, the arguments have not had much impact on poorer nations. A conference on tobacco control held in Harare, Zimbabwe, in November last year was the largest to tackle this problem. The conference heard how threats of epidemics of tobacco related disease in the distant future held little weight with governments of countries that often already had massive public health problems. More immediate effects needed to be emphasised. Speakers gave three cogent arguments; firstly, the loss of capacity for foreign trade in essential goods, since most African countries are net importers of tobacco; secondly, the extensive deforestation which is occurring to fuel the flue curing of tobacco; thirdly, evidence from Papua New Guinea that raising taxation on tobacco provides governments with increased income for many years before a decrease begins.