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WHO REPORT On THE glObal TObaCCO EPidEmiC, 2011

WHO REPORT On THE glObal TObaCCO EPidEmiC, 2011
Warning about the dangers of tobacco

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Most tobacco users
are unaware
of the harms caused
by tobacco use.

Up to half
of all tobacco users
will die from atobacco-related disease.

M onitor tobacco use and
Monitor prevention policies use and
Monitor tobacco

prevention policies

P rotect people from
Protect tobacco smoke
Protect people from
O ffer

tobacco smoke
help to quit tobacco use

Oarn
W ffer

Offer dangers
about thehelp to quit tobacco use
of tobacco

Warn

Warn about the

E nforce bans on tobacco
dangers of tobaccoadvertising, promotion
Enforce and sponsorship on tobacco
Enforce bans
R aise

Raise

advertising, promotion and
sponsorship

taxes on tobacco

Raise taxes on tobacco

Large graphic health
warning labels
on tobacco packaging
and hard-hitting
mass media campaigns
reduce tobacco use.
WHO Report on the Global Tobacco
Epidemic, 2011: Warning about the
dangers of tobacco is the thirdin a
series of WHO reports that tracks the
status of the tobacco epidemic and the
impact of interventions implemented to
stop it.

WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2011: warning about
the dangers of tobacco.
1.Smoking - prevention and control. 2.Tobacco smoke
pollution - prevention and control. 3.Tobacco control
campaigns. 4.Healthpolicy. I.World Health Organization.
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WHO REPORT ON THE
GLOBAL TOBACCO EPIDEMIC, 2011
Warning about the dangers of tobacco

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Contents
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PROGREss CONTINuEs – NEARLy 3.8 BILLION PEOPLE ARE
NOW COvERED By AN EffECTIvE TOBACCO CONTROL
MEAsuRE
A letter from WHO Assistant Director-General

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