Tobacco Control

Tobacco control is a field of international public health science, policy and practice dedicated to addressing tobacco use and thereby reducing the morbidity and mortality it causes. Since most cigarettes and cigars and hookahs contain/use tobacco tobacco control also impacts these. E-cigarettes do not contain tobacco itself, but (often) do contain nicotine. Tobacco control is a priority area for the World Health Organization (WHO), through the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. References to a tobacco control movement may have either positive or negative connotations. Tobacco control aims to reduce the prevalence of tobacco use and this is measured with the …

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FOEI: Friends of the Earth International · 18 April 2024

Untitled APRIL 2024 Friends of the Earth International demands for the binding treaty on plastics Friends of the Earth International is active in the process of developing an ambitious new …

Organization (WHO) and the UN Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (UNFCTC). In particular, article 5.3 of the their public health policies with respect to tobacco control, Parties shall act to protect these policies


UNDP: United Nations Development Programme · 16 April 2024 English

The HIV and Health Annual Report showcases the progress made in the face of profound global turbulence at the halfway mark to Agenda 2030. Accelerating action on the Sustainable Development …

investment cases on non-communicable diseases, tobacco control, mental health and air pollution demonstrated non-communicable diseases, mental health and accelerate tobacco control Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including burden. UNDP efforts to address NCDs and tobacco control extend beyond the health sector, acknowledging indigenous people. 15 Addressing NCDs and tobacco control for sustainable development In Uganda, UNDP Suriname, UNDP, the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Secretariat and the Pan American Health Organization


Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation · 10 April 2024 English

With the rise in popularity and accessibility of vaping and e-cigarettes, particularly among children and young people, it is timely and appropriate to ensure that legislation and policy remain fit …

Australia has implemented among the best tobacco control initiatives worldwide and these new reforms


The Health Foundation · 10 April 2024 English

In this context, much of the leadership to address the harms from these risk factors at a population-level comes from local authorities.11 One of the key roles of local government …

teams can achieve: stop-smoking services and tobacco control, and sexual health services have seen spending ‘the Khan review’, an independent review of tobacco control policy, set out 15 recommendations to make Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control – an international treaty that provides a blueprint supporting more effective enforcement of existing tobacco control policies – particularly around age-of-sale the-profession-2023/). 39. Barber S, Seely A. Tobacco control policy overview. House of Commons Library;


Stimson Center · 9 April 2024 English

The conclusion of the 13th United Nations (UN) Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, which was held in Qatar in 2015, led to the adoption of the “Doha Declaration …

and Terrorism 11 WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. 2012. Protocol Financing, Article 29 states


WHO: World Health Organization · 5 April 2024 English

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enforcement of tobacco control measures aligned with the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control to reduce


World Bank Group · 5 April 2024 English

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) impose an increasingly heavy health and economic burden on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The World Bank’s investments in NCD management have increased steadily, with the greatest …

documents, including Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO, 2003), Global Strategy to Reduce Harmful


NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 4 April 2024 English

Public health advocates warn that the rapid growth of legal markets for electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) may generate a “gateway” to marijuana and harder drug consumption, particularly among teenagers. …

spillover effects of e- cigarette-inclusive tobacco control policies on substances that carry substantial cigarettes. For example, in a survey of 137 tobacco control experts, Allcott and Rafkin (2022) report et al., 2021); cigarette taxes and other tobacco control policies (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention taxes may be highly correlated with other tobacco control policies (Maclean et al., 2018) and state characteristics


World Bank Group · 3 April 2024 English

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WHO: World Health Organization · 1 April 2024 English

Article 13 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) – the first international treaty (USA)-based non-profit involved in a range of tobacco control activities, including the monitoring of TAPS companies' activities. “Currently, it is largely tobacco control stakeholders that are monitoring the amount


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