Postgraduate course: “the economic policy for the smoking control”

Abstract

Background.The  fiscal  policy  had  been  a  useful  tool  for  an effective smoking control. Health professionals related with the smoking  control  need  research  the  fiscal  policy  incidence  over the smoking behavior. Much health professional related with the smoking   controlhaven ́t   sufficient   academic   formation   in economic subjects, especially in the fiscal policy useful for the smoking  control. Objective. To  design  a  postgraduate  course about the fiscal policy useful in the smoking control for health professionals. Materials and methods. Were used the inductive –deductive  and  the  comparative  as  theorical  methods.  As empiric  method  was  used  the  bibliographic  research. Results. The course has the characteristic that each subject is supported by the previous. Thus the course carries by a logic sequence to straight  the  learning  process. Conclusion.   Was  designed  a postgraduate   courseabout   the   fiscal   policy   useful   in   the smoking control. The course is agreed to general learning needs from  health  professionals  related  to  the  smoking  economic control