Correlation between tobacco control policies and the smoking behaviors of European adolescents from 2005 to 2019
Despite legislative efforts, tobacco smoking prevalence among European adolescents remains high and heterogeneous between countries. While tobacco control policies, often assessed using Tobacco Control Scale (TCS), have been studied in adults, their influence on preventing adolescent smoking initiation remains unknown. This ecological study investigates the correlation between tobacco control policies implementation and adolescents smoking behavior…