WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2008 : the MPOWER Package.

WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2008 : the MPOWER Package.

WHO has produced a first comprehensive analysis of global tobacco use and control: The WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2008. The report confirms that the global tobacco epidemic is one of the greatest public health threats of modern times, that, left unchecked, could result in one billion...

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Main Author: WHO
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Geneva : World Health Organization, 2008.
Series:Documents for Sale.
Subjects:
Public health.
Smoking > Prevention.
Tobacco use > Prevention.
public health.
Public health
Smoking > Prevention
Tobacco use > Prevention
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • WE MUST ACT NOW TO REVERSE THE GLOBAL TOBACCO EPIDEMIC AND SAVE MILLIONS OF LIVES
  • SUMMARY
  • THE GLOBAL TOBACCO CRISIS
  • Tobacco
  • global agent of death
  • A growing epidemic
  • The economic threat of tobacco
  • The tobacco industry as disease vector
  • MPOWER: SIX POLICIES TO REVERSE THE TOBACCO EPIDEMIC
  • Monitor tobacco use and prevention policies
  • Protect people from tobacco smoke
  • Offer help to quit tobacco use
  • Warn about the dangers of tobacco
  • Enforce bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship
  • Raise taxes on tobacco
  • THE STATE OF GLOBAL TOBACCO CONTROL IMPLEMENTATION OF EFFECTIVE MEASURES IS JUST BEGINNING
  • More than half of countries do not have minimum monitoring information
  • Only 5% of the world's population is covered by comprehensive smoke-free laws
  • Few tobacco users get the help they need to quit
  • Few countries have comprehensive pack warnings
  • Few countries enforce bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship
  • Countries can save lives by raising tobacco taxes
  • Global tobacco control funding is inadequate
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • TECHNICAL NOTE I Evaluating existing policies and enforcement
  • TECHNICAL NOTE II Smoking prevalence in WHO Memeber States
  • APPENDIX I Country profiles
  • APPENDIX II Glocal tobacco control policy data
  • APPENDIX III Internationally comparable prevalence estimates
  • APPENDIX IV Country-provided prevalence data
  • APPENDIX V Global Youth Tobacco Survey data
  • APPENDIX VI Status of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

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