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The world has 1.1 billion smokers.
Most are struggling to quit.
Let’s end smoking in this generation.

Global Confusion

A look at the challenges and solutions for ending smoking worldwide.

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Our Focus Areas

A high-level overview of the Foundation's four activity areas

Address Knowledge Gaps

Provide Direction on the Fastest Ways to Reduce Smoking

Monitor, Evaluate, and Report

Prepare Tobacco Farmers for an Era of Reduced Demand

a global epidemic

Smoking is the world's leading cause of preventable death.

there is one death every six seconds from smoking. ¹
there are 7.2 million smoking-related deaths annually, killing more people than hiv/aids, malaria and tuberculosis combined.²
smoking kills more than half of its long-term users.^3 4
second-hand smoke causes more than 890,000 premature deaths per year.⁵
nearly 70 percent of smokers want to quit.⁶

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