Drinking Smoke: The Tobacco Syndemic in Oceania

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xv Abbreviations AAPI Asian American and Pacific Islander ABCFM American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions AOG Assemblies of God APPEAL Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment and Leadership ASAOnet Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania BAT British American Tobacco BATA British American Tobacco Australia BATNZ British American Tobacco New Zealand BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey CCPI Cancer Council of the Pacific Islands CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CNMI Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease CSDH Commission on Social Determinants of Health CVD cardiovascular disease EEG electroencephalogram FAS Freely Associated States FCTC Framework Convention for Tobacco Control FSM Federated States of Micronesia GDP gross domestic product GMH Guam Memorial Hospital HDL high-density lipoprotein IDM infants of diabetic mothers IMF International Monetary Fund xvi Abbreviations LDS Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church) LMS London Missionary Society MetS metabolic syndrome NCD noncommunicable disease NGO nongovernmental organization NHHCS Native Hawaiian Health Care System NIDDM non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus NSCLC non-small-cell lung cancer PEACE Prevention and Early Intervention Advisory Community Empowerment PICTs Pacific Islands countries and territories PNG Papua New Guinea RMI Republic of the Marshall Islands ROP Republic of Palau SAP Structural Adjustment Program SDA Seventh-day Adventist SIDS sudden infant death syndrome SPC Secretariat of the Pacific Community STUN Stop Tobacco Use Now US/USA United States of America USAPI United States Associated Pacific Islands USTTPI United States Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands VAT value-added tax VOC Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) WB World Bank WHO World Health Organization WPRO Western Pacific Regional Office (of WHO) WTO World Trade Organization ...