COP9 2021
Explore content that investigates the progress towards the goals outlined in the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). Including news, multimedia, and a special issue of Drugs and Alcohol Today. Read more here.
Burning Issues: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2020:
The latest publication in the series examines the role of tobacco harm reduction and finds an urgent need to scale it up if its full public health potential is to be realized. Read more here.
Tobacco Transformation Index ™:
The Tobacco Transformation Index ™ aims to accelerate the reduction of harm caused by tobacco use. The Index ranks the world’s 15 largest tobacco companies on their relative progress toward harm reduction. Visit the site
Complements ongoing tobacco control efforts to accelerate quitting and switching to tobacco harm reduction products while understanding the individual smoker
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Aims to diversify tobacco-dependent economies, ensuring that smallholder farmers impacted by the declining demand for tobacco are supported to find sustainable alternative livelihoods
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Focuses on delivering change across the entire global tobacco industry and nicotine ecosystem
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Smoking is the world’s leading cause of preventable death
There are 8 million smoking-related deaths annually, killing more people than hiv/aids, malaria & tuberculosis combined.2
1. World Health Organization Tobacco Fact Sheet, 2020
2. World Health Organization. WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2019
3. Banks E, et al. Tobacco smoking and cause mortality in a large Australian Cohort study: findings from a mature epidemic with current low smoking prevalence. BMC MED, 2015
A new study published by Preventive Medicine features the first tobacco simulation model to consider smoking disparities related to depression. It’s estimated that by 2060, 484,000 smoking-related deaths will occur among adults with depression. https://bit.ly/32LHkLJ
A recent @cochranecollab review concluded #ecigarettes may help with #smokingcessation. In a new blog post, @NadaAdibah reacts to the evidence and explains why more research is needed to assess how novel #nicotine products can be used: https://bit.ly/3kQl6yn
African American & Latinx smokers are underrepresented in #ecigarette research & face significant health disparities. A new study suggests that e-cigarettes may be an effective #harmreduction strategy & even help members of these communities quit smoking: https://bit.ly/2IK2ZNE
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