Tobacco Control

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Tobacco Control

description Scientific journal
Area of ​​Expertise Medicine and public health
language English
First edition 1992
Frequency of publication 6 / year
Editor-in-chief Ruth Malone
editor BMJ Group
Web link Website
ISSN (print)

Tobacco Control , abbreviated Tob Control , is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that from the 1992 British Medical Association counted BMJ Group is published. It appears six times a year, the editor-in-chief is Ruth Malone.

The journal deals thematically with the nature and consequences of tobacco consumption , including the consequences for public health , the economy, the environment and society, and ethical aspects of tobacco smoking . In addition, efforts to reduce tobacco consumption, raising awareness for this and the necessary political consequences in this regard are the focus of the magazine, as well as the activities of the tobacco industry .

The impact factor in 2016 was 5.469, the five-year impact factor was 5.319. This placed the journal in 11th place in the Impact Factor out of a total of 176 scientific journals in the Public Health and Environmental and Occupational Medicine category .

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  1. ^ Journal Citation Reports 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2017.