“The finger and the Moon” in tobacco control| Tabaccologia

Abstract

“When the wise man points to the moon, the fool looks at the finger”: so, goes an ancient Chinese proverb. Its meaning is clear: one must not stop at the surface of things and events, but rather grasp their depth and truth, without ever losing sight of the central issue, the Moon, which, across time and cultures, has acquired increasingly rich and nuanced meanings. (...)