ANALYSIS GUIDE QUESTIONS:

1. Search two articles or case studies about different global

health issues, concerns and trends.
2. What trend, issue, or concerns is tackled in the article?
3. How does this trend, issue, or concern affect the health of
the people worldwide?
4. Should be the health issues, concerns and trends you’ve
gathered deserved to be addressed by international and
national government? Why?
5. What could be done to address the trend, issue, or concern
tackled in the article?
6. If you are to implement a health initiative in your community,
which would you imitate and why? Discuss the ways you
would organize and finance the program.
ANSWERS:
1. Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
2. It aims to tackle some of the causes of that epidemic,
including complex factors with cross-border effects, such as
trade liberalization and direct foreign investment, tobacco
advertising, promotion and sponsorship beyond national
borders, and illicit trade in tobacco products.
3. Tobacco can have negative effects on both yourself and the
people around you, either influencing them or hurting them
in the process. People exposed to tobacco can acquire long
term diseases and possibly death.
4. Yes. Tobacco use is associated with more than a million
deaths worldwide, families broken and people dying. By
addressing this issue we can reduce use of tobacco.
5. Comprehensive tobacco control programs can significantly
reduce the prevalence of tobacco use.