Population attributable fractions of tobacco related cancers in turkey and seven geographical regions

Abstract

Eser, Sultan (Balikesir Author) ; Anti-tobacco interventions have been effective in many developed countries where lung and other tobacco-related cancers are declining. In Turkey, the first tobacco legislation put into practice in 1996 and strengthened in 2008. Aim of this work was to quantify the size of the problem in each of the seven geographical regions and in the whole of Turkey