Discuss about Tobacco Promotion Policies in developing and developed countries: Evaluation and analysis.

T‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‌‌he Topic: “As the promotion and sale of cigarettes has become more restricted in the developed world, tobacco companies have begun to market their products more aggressively in low and middle income countries (LMICs)”. How true is this statement? Using examples from one developed nation and one LMIC nation analyse the differences (if any) in policies pursued by big tobacco companies, and evaluate the reasons for this. The outline of the essay: Introduction: the resources and status of cigarettes marketing in both developing and developed countries Body: Paragraph 1: WHO policies in promoting tobacco Paragraph 2: WHO actions in restricting promotion of tobacco in LMICs Paragraph 3: the effect of promoting tobacco on LMICs Paragraph 4: the law of promoting cigarettes in LMICs Paragraph 5: strategies adopted by tobacco companies to promote cigarettes Conclusion: recommendation and opinion Resources: Catherine O Egbe, PhD, Stella A Bialous, DrPH, RN, Stanton Glantz, PhD, Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Implementation in Nigeria: Lessons for Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Volume 21, Issue 8, August 2019, Pages 1122–1130, https:/‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‌‌/ Delobelle P. (2019). Big Tobacco, Alcohol, and Food and NCDs in LMICs: An Inconvenient Truth and Call to Action Comment on “Addressing NCDs: Challenges From Industry Market Promotion and Interferences”. International journal of health policy and management, 8(12), 727–731. Amul, G. G. H., Tan, G. P. P., & Van Der Eijk, Y. (2021). A systematic review of tobacco industry tactics in Southeast Asia: lessons for other low-and MiddleIncome regions. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 10(6), 324-337. Levy, D. T., Tam, J., Kuo, C., Fong, G. T., & Chaloupka, F. (2018). The Impact of Implementing Tobacco Control Policies: The 2017 Tobacco Control Policy Scorecard. Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP, 24(5), 448–457. Allen, L. N., Pullar, J., Wickramasinghe, K. K., Williams, J., Roberts, N., Mikkelsen, B., … & Townsend, N. (2018). Evaluation of research on interventions aligned to WHO ‘Best Buys’ for NCDs in low-income and lower-middle-income countries: a systematic review from 1990 to 2015. BMJ global health, 3(1‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‌‌), e000535.

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