PHA-Exch> WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic - 2008 - The MPOWER package

[Claudio Schuftan]

crossposted from: EQUIDAD at listserv.paho.org

 *WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2008 - The MPOWER package*

*The report outlines the MPOWER package, a set of six key tobacco control
measures that reflect and build on the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control.*

* World Health Organization – February  2008*

Available online as PDF file [342p.] at:

http://www.who.int/tobacco/mpower/mpower_report_full_2008.pdf



"……Tobacco is the single most preventable cause of death in the world today.
This year, tobacco will kill more than five million people – more than
tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and malaria combined. By 2030, the death toll will
exceed eight million a year. Unless urgent action is taken tobacco could
kill *one billion people *during this century.

Tobacco is the only legal consumer product that can harm everyone exposed to
it – and it kills up to half of those who use it as intended. Yet, tobacco
use is common throughout the world due to low prices, aggressive and
widespread marketing, lack of awareness about its dangers, and inconsistent
public policies against its use.

Most of tobacco's damage to health does not become evident until years or
even decades after the onset of use. So, while tobacco use is rising
globally, the epidemic of tobacco-related disease and death has just begun.

The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control - FCTC, a multilateral
treaty with more than 150 Parties, was the first step in the global fight
against the tobacco epidemic. This treaty presents a blueprint for countries
to reduce both the supply of and the demand for tobacco. The WHO Framework
Convention establishes that international law has a vital role in preventing
disease and promoting health.

 To help countries fulfil the promise of the WHO Framework Convention, WHO
has established *MPOWER*, a package of the six most important and
effective tobacco
control policies: *raising taxes and prices, banning advertising, promotion
and sponsorship, protecting people from secondhand smoke, warning everyone
about the dangers of tobacco, offering help to people who want to quit, and
carefully monitoring the epidemic and prevention policies.* …"



 *DOWNLOAD THE REPORT BY SECTION***

Forward by WHO Director General and report summary [pdf
847kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/tobacco/mpower/mpower_report_forward_summary_2008.pdf>

The global tobacco crisis [pdf
335kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/tobacco/mpower/mpower_report_tobacco_crisis_2008.pdf>

MPOWER - six policies to reverse the epidemic [pdf
446kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/tobacco/mpower/mpower_report_six_policies_2008.pdf>

The state of global tobacco control [pdf
554kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/tobacco/mpower/mpower_report_global_control_2008.pdf>

Conclusion, references, technical notes and acknowledgements [pdf
577kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/tobacco/mpower/mpower_report_concl_refs_acknow_2008.pdf>


*Appendices*
Country profiles [pdf
2.99Mb]<http://www.who.int/entity/tobacco/mpower/mpower_report_country_profiles_2008.pdf>

Global tobacco control policy data [pdf
708kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/tobacco/mpower/mpower_report_policy_data_2008.pdf>

Prevalence and data [pdf
480kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/tobacco/mpower/mpower_report_prevalence_data_2008.pdf>

Global youth tobacco survey data [pdf
146kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/tobacco/mpower/mpower_report_youth_data_2008.pdf>

WHO FCTC [pdf 67kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/tobacco/mpower/mpower_report_who_fctc_2008.pdf>
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