Background New Zealand has a goal of becoming a smokefree nation by the year 2025.
Smoking prevalence in 2012 was 17%, but is over 40% for Māori (indigenous New …

Last year, World Health Organization (WHO) member states declared a target to stop the rise
in obesity by 2025 as part of their commitment to act on noncommunicable diseases. 1 A …

Background Despite substantial positive impacts of Thailand's tobacco control policies on
reducing the prevalence of smoking, current trends suggest that further reductions are …

Effective tobacco control is key to rapid progress in reduction of non-communicable
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Introduction Adult smoking prevalence in Taiwan rapidly declined from 26.5% in 2005 to
20.0% in 2015. Nevertheless, future projections on smoking-attributable deaths and current …

Introduction This article compares the predicted impact of tobacco tax increases alone and
as part of a comprehensive tobacco control strategy on smoking prevalence and smoking …

Tobacco is the only legal drug that kills many of its users when used exactly as intended by
manufacturers. WHO has estimated that tobacco use (smoking and smokeless) is currently …

Background Countries have agreed on reduction targets for tobacco smoking stipulated in
the WHO global monitoring framework, for achievement by 2025. In an analysis of data for …

Cigarette smoking and other tobacco use impose a huge and growing public health burden
globally. Currently, approximately 4 million persons are killed annually by tobacco use; by …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the global impact of adopting highest-level MPOWER tobacco
control policies in different countries and territories from 2007 to 2010. METHODS: Policy …