TY  - UNPB
EP  - 20
AV  - public
TI  - Smoking prevalence in Australia and The Netherlands: A cross-country comparison on the influence of tobacco control policy and education on smoking prevalence
Y1  - 2022///
A1  - Nederhoed, Yvar Hielke
UR  - https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4389/
M1  - bachelor
N2  - Lung cancer is the deadliest type of cancer, often caused by smoking behaviour. This thesis focusses on tobacco control policy by Australia and The Netherlands. For years, these two countries have tried to bring down smoking prevalence, both successfully in different ways. Where the WHO recently set up a handbook for countries to help bring down smoking prevalence, these two countries already implemented some laws. This research focusses on the question to what extent Australian and Dutch tobacco control policy influenced smoking prevalence in their countries. In addition to this, it was measured to what extent spending time on education influences smoking prevalence. The analysis was conducted by gathering implemented laws and data on years spent on education, which were then tested to see to what extent they influence smoking prevalence. As a result, men and women from both countries respond differently to the implementation of laws. Smoking prevalence among Australian men and Dutch women does not significantly change due to the implementation of any law. Dutch men were only sensitive to the implementation of laws when The Netherlands started implementing their tobacco control policy. Australian women are most sensitive to tobacco control policy, as smoking prevalence significantly changed throughout many time periods. Separately, the increasing years spent on education has a negative effect on smoking prevalence for all researched populations. It can therefore be concluded that implementing tobacco control policy only had a significant effect on Australian women and Dutch men.
ID  - theses_frw4389
ER  -