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Co-authors reported how cases have been used to advance tobacco control.<\/p>\n<\/sec>\n<sec>\n<title>Results.<\/title>\n<p>In Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Suriname, tobacco use causes social and economic losses equivalent to between 1.0 to 1.8 percent of GDP. Across these countries, implementing WHO FCTC demand reduction measures would save an average of 11 400 lives per year over the next 15 years. Benefits of the measures would far outweigh the costs of implementation and enforcement. Governments are using the cases to advance tobacco control, including to improve tobacco control laws and their enforcement, strengthen tobacco taxation, prioritize tobacco control planning, coordinate a multisectoral response, and engage political leaders.<\/p>\n<\/sec>\n<sec>\n<title>Conclusions.<\/title>\n<p>National investment cases can help to strengthen tobacco control in countries, including by increasing public and political support for implementation of the WHO FCTC and by informing effective planning, legislation, coordination and financing.<\/p>\n<\/sec>","DOI":"10.26633\/rpsp.2022.174","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,6]],"date-time":"2022-10-06T16:22:16Z","timestamp":1665073336000},"page":"1","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["The case for investment in tobacco control: lessons from four countries in the Americas"],"prefix":"10.26633","volume":"46","author":[{"given":"Brian","family":"Hutchinson","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"RTI International, Seattle, United States of America."},{"name":"bhutchinson@rti.org"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Farisha","family":"Brispat","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ministry of Health, Paramaribo, Suriname"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lorena Viviana","family":"Calder\u00f3n Pinz\u00f3n","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ministry of Health and Social Protection, Bogot\u00e1, Colombia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alejandra","family":"Sarmiento","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Fondo Solidario para la Salud (Fosalud), San Salvador, El Salvador"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Esteban","family":"Sol\u00eds","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ministry of Health, San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rachel","family":"Nugent","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"RTI International, Seattle, United States of America."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nathan","family":"Mann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"RTI International, Seattle, United States of America."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Garrison","family":"Spencer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"RTI International, Seattle, United States of America."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Carrie","family":"Ngongo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"RTI International, Seattle, United States of America."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Andrew","family":"Black","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"WHO FCTC Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maria Carmen","family":"Audera-Lopez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"WHO FCTC Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tih Armstrong","family":"Ntiabang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"WHO FCTC Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dudley","family":"Tarlton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"United Nations Development Programme, Istanbul, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Juana","family":"Cooke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"United Nations Development Programme, Panama City, Panama"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Roy","family":"Small","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"United Nations Development Programme, New York City, United States of America"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maxime","family":"Roche","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pan American Health Organization, Washington DC, United States of America"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rosa Carolina","family":"Sandoval","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pan American Health Organization, Washington DC, United States of America"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"11167","reference":[{"key":"ref1","unstructured":"Global Burden of Disease Study. 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