Today's BLOG is not directly IDU-related, but is related to the topic of drug-related disease.
In most PSI countries, smoking-related illnesses account for a substantial portion of overall death and disability. And in many PSI countries, unfortunately, the problem is only getting worse.
To date, PSI has yet to delve into this field. The WHO has released a report on the "global tobacco epidemic." The link is below. I always thought that there is something PSI could be doing on this issue. The potential DALYs to be gained are enormous. It is not yet clear what that might be. I share this question with you for our common consideration.
Rob
http://www.who.int/tobacco/mpower/mpower_report_full_2008.pdf
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interesting, rob!
we all know how bad smoking is. actually some CRs become more addicted once they join the field programs :-). ask daun or clayton - how bad the romanian smoking relaxed environment did to them (not to mention the platform issues actually :-).
anyway to get to the point, I wonder if PSI is well equipped for anti-smoking campaigns - isnt it that policy interventions yielded the best results in most countries? is PSI able to promote laws and public policy to restrict smoking areas etc?
dragos/ romania
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