CAMPAIGNS AGAINST SMOKING - COMPLIANCE AND RESULTS

Smoking has become a true epidemic that interests a lot of people in t he world. The antismoking programmes are at these moments the most imp ortant strategy to prevent lung cancel and cardiovascular diseases. Th is article analyses the compliance and the results of the antismoking campaigns in the world. Data show the long term efficacy of school bas ed smoking prevention programmes and underline their importance even i f the methodologies can be different in the various countries. Other d ata show that the percentage of young smokers is increasing during the last three years; for this reason it is necessary to implement everyw here new programmes against smoking.