Tobacco control in the Republic of South Korea, an Asian example

Jae Gahb Park; Ji Won Park; Hong Gwan Seo; Jin Soo Lee; Ii Soon Kim; Yong Ik Kim; Jong Koo Lee; Dae Kyu Oh

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199566655.003.0014

Tobacco control in the Republic of South Korea, an Asian example

Jae Gahb Park, Ji Won Park, Hong Gwan Seo, Jin Soo Lee, Ii Soon Kim, Yong Ik Kim, Jong Koo Lee, Dae Kyu Oh

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Abstract

Awareness of the adverse effects of smoking has increased in the Republic of South Korea in a relatively short period of time. Adult male smoking rates rapidly fell over the past seven years, from 67.6% to 43.4%. This chapter discusses the role of the Korean government, NGOs, as well as the National Cancer Center (NCC) in Korea, whose mission was to prevent cancer, decrease cancer mortality, and improve the quality of life of Korean cancer patients, along with the other anti-smoking movements. In order to prevent cancer, it was thought that the most effective strategy was to protect people from tobacco exposure and that Cancer Centers and Cancer Institutes should set an example of how to deal with major carcinogenic threats like tobacco smoking.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Tobacco
Subtitle of host publication	Science, Policy and Public Health
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191594410
ISBN (Print)	9780199566655
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199566655.003.0014
State	Published - 2 Jun 2010

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Keywords

Anti-cancer programmes
Anti-smoking campaigns
Cancer centers
Korea
Tobacco use

UN SDGs

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