Improving diet and physical activity: 12 lessons from controlling tobacco smoking.

Provides advice and guidance for preventing chronic diseases in the developing world. Emphasis on highlighting personal responsibility for healthy behaviors and choices; Importance of fully implementing health intervention methods, including smoking cessation and obesity prevention; Recommendation that health intervention programs maintain a wide focus on several conditions and methods of prevention; Role of political leaders and mass media in effective public health programs; View that preventive measures should be emphasized along with programs focused on treating chronic diseases.