Many cancers, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases are linked to tobacco use. It is the largest avoidable health risk in Europe,causing more problems than alcohol, drugs, high blood pressure, excess weight or high cholesterol. Every year in the EU, as many as 650 000 Europeans die prematurely of tobacco-related causes. It is estimated that, in terms of negative economic impact, smoking costs the EU countries at least ?100 billion. The goal of the thesis is to monitor prevalence of smoking in EU countries. It also deals with efficiency measures for protection against tobacco. The thesis deals with the issue of smoking in historical terms. It also deals in terms of health risks and it describes the measure of EU countries in the fight against smoking. The main part of this thesis is a research, which includes a prevalance of smoking among adults and adolescents, the development of lung cancer mortality and cigarette consumption in each EU country.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:138093 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | TREFANCOVÁ, Petra |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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