Video QA: Tobacco-related mortality: past present and future. An interview with Alan Lopez

摘要

In this video Q & A, we talk to Alan Lopez about the global burden of tobacco-related mortality. Prof Lopez highlights how this epidemic emerged in the past, and how it is likely to progress in the future. He also discusses ways in which countries that currently have few or no tobacco-control policies in place can apply measures to curtail premature mortality.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12916-014-0162-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.