Analysis of the national program for tobacco control and its results

Introduction and Objective Currently, smoking is a major cause of death worldwide, responsible, on average, for 5 million deaths a year. Besides smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the world, secondhand smoke is the third, and 70% of these deaths occur in developing countries. In Brazil, where 23% of the population over 18 years is a smoker, there are 200,000 deaths per year related to tobacco. Describe and analyze data present government interventions aimed at reducing smoking. Methods Review of Scielo database, keywords, "smoking", "smoking in Brazil," "treatment in Brazil." Survey period from 2004. Sites: INCA, FioCruz, Ministry of Health, to data collection relating to smoking and its implications on the person's health, and their social implications. Discussion and results For tobacco control WHO established six guidelines: monitoring, creation of environments 100% smoke-free, addiction treatment, warning the products, ban advertising and raising taxes. Among the results presented by the WHO, the tax increase was the most effective measure. A 10% increase in tobacco prices would cause a 4% drop in tobacco consumption in high-income countries and 8% in low and middle income countries. The program is proving effective in general, with only a few shortcomings when it refers to monitoring, treatment of tobacco dependence. Tobacco consumption was considerably reduced as well as the prevalence of consumption, which shows that effectiveness and asks for a continued implementation of the program for even greater results.