The World Health Organization (WHO) released its 2025 report on the global tobacco epidemic on Monday focusing on the six policies described in WHO’s Mpower tobacco control measures.
Since 2007, 155 countries have implemented at least one of these political prescriptions, which has resulted in over 6.1 billion people-it is three-quarters of the world’s population-now benefits: However, there are still big gaps.
Here are the six political recommendations:
- Monitoring of tobacco use and prevention policies;
- S.Rotating people from tobacco smoke with smoke -free air legislation;
- ISLANDFFERING helps to end tobacco use;
- W.Arrow of the dangers of tobacco with package labels and mass media;
- ENforcing ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship; and
- R.Aising charges on tobacco.
Striking gains
About 110 countries now require graphic health warnings on tobacco packaging, and who is a new report reveals that the strategy has delivered significant gains in the fight against consumption.
As one of the most important measures under the WHO framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), graphic health warnings do the damage to tobacco visibly clear and difficult to ignore.
There has also been a growing tendency to regulate the use of e-cigarettes or end-electronic nicotine delivery systems-with the number of countries regulating or prohibiting ends increases from 122 by 2022 to 133 by 2024.
Big holes
Although very effective, 110 countries have not launched any Anti-Tobacco campaigns since 2022, despite the gloomy statistics that 1.3 million people continue to die of used smoke every year.
Forty countries still have not adopted a single MPOWER measure, and over 30 countries still allow cigaret sales without mandatory health warnings. The UN Health Agency calls for urgent action in areas where Momentum hangs.
“Government must trade with boldness to close remaining gaps, strengthen enforcement and invest in the proven tools that save lives“Said Ruediger Krech, director of health promotion.
