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The 13th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health

Building capacity for a tobacco-free world

July 12-15, 2006, Washington, DC, USA



Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 2:10 PM
38-3

Constructing a useful global database of evidence on effectiveness

Robert West, PhD, Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 2-16 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom

Objective: To discuss the needs of countries across the world for a database on evidence of effectiveness of different methods to encourage and help with smoking cessation.

Methods: Review of evidence and analysis.

Results: A proposal for a global evidence database will be presented with examples for particular interventions.



Web Page: www.rjwest.co.uk