WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2013

Enforcing Bans on Tobacco Advertising, Promotion and Sponsorship

Paperback
November 2013
9789241505871
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  • Publisher
    World Health Organization
  • Published
    5th November 2013
  • ISBN 9789241505871
  • Language English
  • Pages 202 pp.
  • Size 8.25" x 11.75"
  • Images color photos
$36.00

This report, WHO’s fourth in the series, provides a country-level examination of the global tobacco epidemic and identifies countries that have applied selected measures for reducing tobacco use. Five years ago, WHO introduced the MPOWER measures as a practical, cost-effective way to scale up implementation of specific provisions of the WHO FCTC on the ground.

This report focuses on enforcing bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship (TAPS). TAPS bans are one of the most powerful tools that countries can put in place to protect their populations. In the past two years, impressive progress has been made. The population covered by a TAPS ban has more than doubled, increasing by almost 400 million people. Demonstrating that such measures are not limited to high-income countries, 99% of the people newly covered live in low- and middle-income countries.

This and future editions of this report are key components of the global tobacco control fight, measuring how much has been achieved and identifying places where more work must be done.

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World Health Organization is a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, charged to act as the world's directing and coordinating authority on questions of human health. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries, and monitoring and assessing health trends.