Jun 25, 2025 · Tobacco fact sheet from WHO providing key facts and information on surveillance, second-hand smoke, quitting, picture warnings, ad bans, taxes, WHO response.

Dec 4, 2025 · Tobacco use is highly addictive and a major risk factor for diseases such as cardiovascular diseases and lung cancer.

Jun 23, 2025 · The 2025 report focuses on the W measure: warn about the dangers of tobacco and shows that with 6.1 billion people protected by at least one MPOWER measure at best-practice level …

May 19, 2025 · Tobacco is deadly in any form. Smoked tobacco products, including waterpipes, contain over 7000 chemicals, including at least 250 chemicals known to be toxic or to cause cancer. Use of …

May 30, 2025 · On World No Tobacco Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) today launches a new publication and calls on governments to urgently ban all flavours in tobacco and nicotine products, …

May 31, 2022 · The annual World No Tobacco Day campaign (31 May) is an opportunity to raise awareness on the harmful and deadly effects of tobacco use.

May 26, 2021 · Tobacco use is the world's single biggest cause of preventable death and noncommunicable disease. Up to half of all smokers will die from tobacco-related illnesses such as …

May 19, 2025 · Appealing flavours, but hidden dangers. Shameless manipulation of our children, for industry profit. Every day, tobacco and nicotine industries use carefully engineered products and …

Jul 31, 2018 · Tobacco use is a major risk factor for many chronic diseases, including cancer, lung disease, cardiovascular disease and stroke. It is one of the major causes of death and disease in …

The tenth WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic tracks the progress made by countries in tobacco control since 2008. The MPOWER technical package was designed to help countries adopt the …