Are cars the new tobacco?

Recomendado pela AMICOR Maria Inês Reinert Azambuja Margaret J. Douglas, Consultant in Public Health1⇓, Stephen J. Watkins, Director of Public Health2, Dermot R. Gorman,

Abstract

Background Public health must continually respond to new threats reflecting wider societal changes. Ecological public health recognizes the links between human health and global sustainability. We argue that these links are typified by the harms caused by dependence on private cars.

Methods We present routine data and literature on the health impacts of private car use; the activities of the ‘car lobby' and factors underpinning car dependence. We compare these with experience of tobacco./.../