• Tobacco use is a leading preventable cause of morbidity and mortality, with nearly 6 million deaths caused by tobacco use worldwide every year ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the U.S, resulting in 400,000 premature deaths and costing the nation nearly $100 billion in health care bills each year. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • Tobacco control and prevention policies aimed at youth-oriented marketing and sales of tobacco products to youth can help to reduce youths' initiation and use of tobacco products and reverse the global tobacco epidemic. (cdc.gov)
  • Limiting access to cigarettes among youths is an effective strategy to curb the tobacco epidemic by preventing smoking initiation and reducing the number of new smokers ( 3 , 4 ). (cdc.gov)
  • She said that the tobacco epidemic advanced in the developed world, where smoking rates skyrocketed in the first 60 years of the previous century. (who.int)
  • Public health workers must also use all means available to them in order to achieve their objective of eradicating the tobacco epidemic. (who.int)
  • During this Consultation, more than 20 Member States expressed an urgent need to understand the scope and magnitude of litigation and public inquires as tools for tobacco control in order to determine the best ways to combine science and law in curbing the tobacco epidemic. (who.int)
  • He added, "Experience gained from fighting the tobacco epidemic to date, which is mostly cigarette-focused, has taught researchers, policymakers, and governments that fast action is needed to curb the waterpipe epidemic. (who.int)
  • 2 Vietnam is ranked among the world's top 15 consumers of tobacco, with more than 15 million smokers, and the Vietnamese people spent about VND 22 trillion (or US$985 million) a year on tobacco, which accounted for about 10% of total household expenditures. (bmj.com)
  • With almost 80% of the world's one billion smokers living in low- and middle-income countries, the aim is to decrease smoking rates and curb tobacco-related harm in these regions. (who.int)
  • This funding will allow us to work with countries that are now at the forefront of efforts to combat the world's biggest preventable causes of death. (who.int)
  • The government should increase taxes on cigarettes to raise domestic cigarette prices and take strong policy measures to create a more transparent social environment, therefore effectively reducing the prevalence of illicit cigarettes in Vietnam. (bmj.com)
  • Global Youth Tobacco Survey data from 45 countries in 2013 and 2014 identified sex and cross-country differences in prevalence of cigarette smoking among students aged 13-15 years. (cdc.gov)
  • CDC used the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) data from 45 countries to examine the prevalence of current cigarette smoking, purchase of cigarettes from retail outlets, and type of cigarette purchases made among school students aged 13-15 years. (cdc.gov)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that about seven million people die prematurely from tobacco-related diseases annually. (who.int)
  • Thus, while tobacco related-diseases differ from the communicable diseases that have traditionally been the concern of the WHO, the effects of globalization have made tobacco increasingly relevant for such intergovernmental authorities. (wikipedia.org)
  • Diseases related to tobacco use kill more than four million people every year. (who.int)
  • The failure to reinforce the implementation of the Tobacco Control Law 174 by the government has sustained the very high levels of smoking and use of tobacco products, particularly among the youth, leading to more diseases and deaths in Lebanon. (who.int)
  • Thousands of people die annually from tobacco-related diseases. (bvsalud.org)
  • The aim of the new project is to produce research that will inform tobacco taxation, tackle the black-market trade in tobacco and target tobacco companies' efforts to undermine governments' attempts to reduce smoking in their countries. (who.int)
  • Cigarette smoking is the most common form of tobacco use in most countries, and the majority of adult smokers initiate smoking before age 18 years. (cdc.gov)
  • In the majority of countries assessed in the African and South-East Asia regions, approximately 40% of smokers aged 13-15 years reported purchasing individual cigarettes. (cdc.gov)
  • Approximately half of smokers in all but one country assessed in EUR reported purchasing cigarettes in packs. (cdc.gov)
  • Among current cigarettes smokers, cigarette purchasing from a retail outlet was defined for the majority of countries as a report of having purchased them from a store or shop, a street vendor, or a kiosk in response to the question: "The last time you smoked cigarettes during the past 30 days, how did you get them? (cdc.gov)
  • Past 30-day purchase of cigarettes in packs or as individual sticks was also assessed among current cigarette smokers. (cdc.gov)
  • Bauld, who is Cancer Research UK's specialist on tobacco control, said: "As smoking dwindles to a minority activity in the UK, the number of smokers is still increasing elsewhere. (who.int)
  • With the tobacco companies spending more $13.4 billion per year marketing their deadly products, it is imperative that state leaders act now to fund programs that we know work to prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • The ETCP works to expand current research in the economics of tobacco control and enhance the knowledge of economic and tax issues among tobacco control advocates and policymakers to strengthen support for tobacco tax and price increases in sub-Saharan Africa. (who.int)
  • The idea for a multilateral treaty regarding tobacco control gained traction in 1994 at the Ninth World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Paris, France, when Roemer and Taylor presented their strategy for international legal action. (wikipedia.org)
  • Methodology and data This paper used the gap method to estimate the gap between cigarette domestically tax-paid sales and domestic consumption. (bmj.com)
  • Given that smoking is extremely harmful to public health, the government of Vietnam has made commitments and implemented measures to control tobacco production and consumption since 2000. (bmj.com)
  • Vietnam has an excise tax, namely, the Special Consumption Tax (SCT), on cigarettes for many years. (bmj.com)
  • The FCTC, one of the most quickly ratified treaties in United Nations history, is a supranational agreement that seeks "to protect present and future generations from the devastating health, social, environmental and economic consequences of tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke" by enacting a set of universal standards stating the dangers of tobacco and limiting its use in all forms worldwide. (wikipedia.org)
  • The WHO has long been active in preventing the myriad health issues that result from tobacco consumption. (wikipedia.org)
  • As the leading cause of preventable death globally, tobacco has seen an upsurge in both its consumption and its fatality rate worldwide with the increasing interconnectedness of the global economy. (wikipedia.org)
  • A comprehensive law to regulate the manufacturing, advertising distribution and consumption of tobacco products in Nigeria. (blogspot.com)
  • The Eastern Mediterranean Region in particular faces a great challenge due to high rates of tobacco consumption. (who.int)
  • With the bad reputation attached to the tobacco industry in Africa, from corporate espionage and social patronage to racketeering and other illegal activities, Van Walbeek believes that sound research on different aspects of the economics of tobacco control in the region will help governments in Africa to implement better strategies. (who.int)
  • Much of this work is done by Van Walbeek and colleagues at UCT's Economics of Tobacco Control Project (ETCP) in SALDRU in the School of Economics. (who.int)
  • Van Walbeek has been working on the economics of tobacco control at UCT for 17 years. (who.int)
  • Tobacco use kills an estimated six million people a year, and costs $500 billion annually, the 2009 edition of The Tobacco Atlas has revealed. (blogspot.com)
  • In compliance with Resolution 48.11, the WHO employed Roemer and Taylor to draft a background paper on the various mechanisms available to the WHO in effectively controlling tobacco use worldwide. (wikipedia.org)
  • 3 Data from the Vietnam Tobacco Control Fund showed that the Vietnamese people consumed about 101 billion cigarettes in 2016. (bmj.com)
  • The consortium has been awarded £3.4 million from the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Research Councils UK Collective Fund to reduce tobacco-related harm in Africa and Asia. (who.int)
  • This overwhelming evidence that state tobacco prevention and cessation programs work and deliver so many health and financial benefits leaves elected leaders with no excuse for failing to fund such programs in every state at CDC-recommended levels. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • It would take just 15 percent of this revenue for each state to fund a tobacco prevention and cessation program at the CDC's new recommended levels. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • Despite the overwhelming evidence that state tobacco prevention and cessation programs are highly effective when they are funded appropriately, only three states currently fund these programs at even the minimum level recommended by the CDC. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • Tobacco kills, don't be duped. (who.int)
  • Washington, D.C. - As state legislatures across the country convene their 2008 sessions, an important new study provides powerful evidence of the direct relationship between increased funding for state tobacco prevention and cessation programs and declines in adult smoking. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • The study, being published in the February 2008 issue of the American Journal of Public Health, examined state tobacco prevention and cessation funding levels from 1995 to 2003 and found that the more states spent on these programs, the larger the declines they achieved in adult smoking, even when controlling for other factors such as increased tobacco prices. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • These studies, along with reviews by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences, the President's Cancer Panel and numerous other experts demonstrate conclusively that state tobacco prevention and cessation programs work to prevent kids from smoking and help adults quit, thereby saving lives and health care dollars. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • Comprehensive, well-funded state tobacco prevention and cessation programs are highly effective, especially when combined with higher tobacco taxes and smoke-free workplace laws. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • Poll after poll shows that Americans strongly believe tobacco settlement and tax dollars should be spent on tobacco prevention. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • Washington state, with a well-funded tobacco prevention and cessation program, has reduced adult smoking by 24 percent since it launched the program in 1999. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • The CDC recently updated its recommendations to the states for funding and implementing tobacco prevention and cessation programs, taking into account new scientific evidence, state experiences and cost factors such as inflation and population increases since last issuing its recommendations in 1999 (see CDC's Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs - 2007). (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • If only you can pass a bill banning production of cigarette and allied products Nigerians and the world will forever remember you. (blogspot.com)
  • Many challenges have still to be met in order to bring full implementation of the treaty and safeguard the interest of the people from the interests of the tobacco industry and vicious means to promote its lethal products. (who.int)
  • Conclusions Vietnam's low prices on domestic cigarettes created favourable conditions for cigarette smugglers and provided easy access to illicit cigarettes for the Vietnamese people, but the absence of a relationship between tax changes and smuggling suggested that potential increases in the excise tax should not be discouraged by the threat of an increase in illicit trade. (bmj.com)
  • Data were from the tax-paid sales by the Vietnam Steering Committee on Smoking and Health (VINACOSH), the Vietnam Tobacco Association, the General Tax Department, as well as two rounds of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey in 2010 and 2015. (bmj.com)
  • Current cigarette smoking was defined as a report by a student that they had smoked cigarettes on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. (cdc.gov)
  • However, the intensity of smoking (ie the number of cigarettes smoked per smoker) is higher among the rich than the poor. (who.int)
  • It needs not be repeated, the nexus between cigarette smoking and hard drugs like cocaine, cannabis, heroine etc. (blogspot.com)
  • Nigeria can show example by outlawing all forms of cigarette making in Nigeria and also banning importation and smoking of same. (blogspot.com)
  • The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids estimates that such smoking declines would have saved between 700,000 and 2.2 million lives as well as between $20 billion and $67 billion in health care costs. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • It has also been proven beyond doubt that these companies have hidden many facts about the hazards of smoking, that they have fought against the imposition of tobacco control laws and that they have attempted to influence decision-makers everywhere in order to oppose tobacco control measures. (who.int)
  • Dr. Ghazi Zaatari, Director of the WHO FCTC Global Knowledge Hub on Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking at AUBMC said, "The current situation of tobacco use in the country is alarming. (who.int)
  • The three parties behind this initiative are keen on promoting tobacco control measures in Lebanon, while WTS KH long-term goal is to achieve implementation of effective fiscal and economic policies that reduce the burden of smoking, including WTS, and improve population health throughout the region. (who.int)
  • The Government Resolution No. 12/2000/NQ-CP on 'National Tobacco Control Policy 2000-2010' has been implemented by a committee led by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and draws from most ministries and community organisations. (bmj.com)
  • The perceived success of the FCTC has fueled calls for many other global health treaties, although a recent review of 90 quantitative impact evaluations of international treaties broadly raises questions about their real-world impact. (wikipedia.org)
  • Tobacco: Al the Facts, Legislation, and How it Affects Your Health. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • Over the years, evidence has proved that tobacco companies have undertaken, and are still undertaking, a great number of activities to impede health action. (who.int)
  • Therefore, it is crucial that public health workers seize this opportunity to step beyond the realm of science and medical statistics and embrace other techniques and tools for tobacco control. (who.int)
  • In his word, keynote speaker, H.E. Dr. Jamil Jabak, Minister of Public Health, shared his valuable perspectives on tobacco control and reinforcement of Law 174. (who.int)
  • These goals can only be attained by collaborations with the Ministry of Public Health and by promoting capacity building to generate tobacco and WTS control policies. (who.int)
  • Perhaps the most high-profile case in the debate over investor-state arbitration in recent years has been the investment treaty claim by Philip Morris against the Australian Government, concerning the introduction of tobacco plain packaging rules. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • Led by Stirling's Professor Linda Bauld, the multidisciplinary three-year project involves six UK universities linked to the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, as well as Cancer Research UK and eight partner institutions in seven countries. (who.int)
  • The states will collect about $25 billion this year in revenue from the tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • Under the auspices of tobacco activist and UCLA professor Ruth Roemer, the WHO urged individual countries throughout the 1980s and 1990s to adopt national laws that have been shown to reduce tobacco use. (wikipedia.org)
  • Worldwide tobacco control set a precedent for EU Commission participation and negotiation in multilateral treaties, and further defined the powers and capabilities of the EU as a supranational entity. (wikipedia.org)
  • Background This paper examined how a higher tax on tobacco would affect illicit trade in Vietnam. (bmj.com)
  • Key results The results indicated that Vietnam had a negative volume of illicit trade, either a result of under-reporting of tobacco use or due to net smuggling of tax-paid cigarettes out of the country. (bmj.com)
  • Even the World Trade Organisation (W.T.O.) won't dare complain if we close our borders to cigarette. (blogspot.com)
  • The initiative shed light on the alarming situation in the country, voiced a strong objection to any attempt at amending tobacco control Law 174, and signaled an opportunity to increase awareness on tobacco use in Lebanon, highlighting the progress made to date. (who.int)
  • Tobacco companies have been using all possible tools to market their deadly product in full knowledge of its harmful nature. (who.int)
  • Their efforts have further confirmed the menace which production of cigarettes constitutes to our healthy living. (blogspot.com)
  • Production of cigarette must be outlawed to save the life of millions in my friend's shoes. (blogspot.com)
  • These terrifying figures are the outcome of direct and indirect advertising campaigns that promote tobacco, and are a strong warning. (who.int)
  • This monograph has been developed by TFI in order to provide both countries and individuals at national, regional and global levels with information, support and technical assistance on litigation and public inquiries as tools for tobacco control. (who.int)
  • He said, "It is necessary that more effort be exerted to activate previously issued laws pertaining to the use of tobacco. (who.int)
  • In most countries, approximately half of youths reported access to cigarettes from a store, street vendor, or kiosk. (cdc.gov)
  • By 2030 it's predicted that more than 80% of tobacco-related deaths will occur in low- and middle-income countries. (who.int)
  • Following Mr Rudd's defenestration by Julia Gillard and the subsequent election in August 2010, the Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill was eventually introduced into parliament in April 2011 and received Royal Assent on 1 December 2011. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • PM Asia issued its initial notice of claim under the Treaty on 27 June 2011 and its formal notice of arbitration on 21 November 2011, the day that the Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill passed both Houses of Parliament. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • The event also featured an exhibition of valuable artwork by school children on the subject of tobacco control and Law 174, and the winning projects received The Antoine and Minerva Kairouz Award. (who.int)
  • The substantive claim arose from the introduction of the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011 and the Tobacco Plain Packaging Regulations 2011, which prohibited the use of brands, trademarks and logos on tobacco packaging. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • All these prohibitions have not affected the cigarette market in any major way. (blogspot.com)
  • According to Mamudu and Studlar, since the adoption of the FCTC in 2003, "shared sovereignty through multilevel governance has become the norm in the tobacco control policy area for EU members, including having one international organization negotiate within the context of another. (wikipedia.org)