WHO Tobacco Free Initiative

31/05/2023

A record 349 million people face acute food insecurity. Meanwhile, 124 countries continue to grow to***co as a cash crop, using up 3.2M hectares of fertile land that could be used to grow food.

This ***coDay, WHO calls on governments to end to***co growing subsidies and use the savings to support farmers to switch to more sustainable crops that improve food security and nutrition.

A local Kenyan farmer tells the story of how switching from growing to***co to beans changed her life. Growing to***co is a time intensive crop that harms he...

18/05/2023

100% smoke-free environments are the only effective measure to protect against the harms of second-hand smoke.

Every city can do something.

✅ Encourage compliance with any existing smoke-free
legislation.
✅ Require, by legislative or regulatory means, that all indoor
public places and workplaces where the city has power
to regulate be smoke-free.
✅ Advocate at high-level jurisdictions (national, state,
provincial, territorial) for comprehensive smoke-free
laws, particularly if there is limited jurisdiction to regulate
at municipal level.

Read our guide to learn more about making a city smoke-free:

15/05/2023

Over 1 million people die from second-hand smoke exposure every year.

Want your city to go smoke-free? 🚭

Learn from experiences in Amman, Bandung, and Bengaluru!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZsRHCG5zR8&ab_channel=BloombergPhilanthropies

https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/bandung-championing-city-level-to***co-control

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/bengaluru-news/bengaluru-honoured-with-150000-global-award-for-to***co-control-efforts/articleshow/98685018.cms?from=mdr

In 2017, Amman, Jordan—where 70% of male residents count themselves as smokers—joined Partnership for Healthy Cities with the goal of enforcing local regulat...

12/05/2023

The city of Cape Town introduced new smoke-free spaces in 2022, having amended a local workplace policy to ensure fewer places to smoke or purchase ci******es within all buildings owned by the city.

Hear from young people in university and primary schools who joined activities to clean beaches and advocate for smoke-free policies!

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For World No To***co Day 2022 the City of Cape Town, South Africa updated its internal smoking policy to protect their employees, planet and their citizens. ...

09/05/2023

02/03/2023

"Considering that the to***co industry is contributing to the destruction of the environment and to climate change, it’s illogical to regard to***co companies as environmental stewards and champions."

Read more about the to***co industry's attempt to conceal environmental damage with greenwashing efforts in this latest piece by the New York Times.

About 4.5 trillion cigarette filters end up in nature every year. How does the to***co industry conceal the health and environmental damage it causes?

27/02/2023

No country has been spared from to***co industry interference. But even in the most challenging of times, some governments acted boldly to address the interference.

STOP's 2021 Global To***co Industry Interference Index sheds light on all the ways the to***co industry exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to entice, persuade and coerce governments towards weaker public health policies.

https://exposeto***co.org/wp-content/uploads/GlobalTIIIndex2021.pdf

22/02/2023

To***co is public health enemy number one. It kills 8 million people every year. The to***co industry does everything it can to undermine global to***co control.

To***co industry interference takes many forms. Some of these include:
• maneuvering to hijack the political and legislative process
• exaggerating the economic importance of the industry
• manipulating public opinion to gain the appearance of respectability
• fabricating support through front groups
• discrediting proven science
• intimidating governments with litigation or the threat of litigation

To***co is public health enemy number one. It kills six million people every year. The to***co industry does everything it can to undermine anti-to***co work...

16/12/2022

In Kenya, a trailblazing sustainable agriculture project has helped hundreds of farmers move away from the harmful practice of growing to***co, in favour of a healthier alternative.

Read more about the To***co-Free Farms initiative:

In Kenya, a trailblazing sustainable agriculture project has helped hundreds of farmers move away from the harmful practice of growing to***co, in favour of a healthier alternative, the UN said on Wednesday.

30/11/2022

Achieng Obare describes how her life changed for the better after she switched from farming to***co to beans. She is one of hundreds of farmers in Kenya's southwestern Migori county who is transitioning away from farming to***co to a healthier alternative, with support from the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN.

Planting high iron beans instead means that farmers are not exposed to the negative impacts of to***co. With the switch, the health and livelihoods of these farmers are improving, children who previously worked on the farms are in school, the crops are better for the environment, and there is another source of food.

Alice Achieng Obare describes how her life changed for the better after she switched from farming to***co to beans. She is one of hundreds of farmers in Keny...

28/11/2022

WHO is calling for nominations to the World No To***co Day Awards of individuals or organizations in each of the six WHO Regions for their accomplishments in the area of to***co control.

Submit your nominations by 6 January 2023!
https://www.who.int/news-room/articles-detail/world-no-to***co-day-2023-awards

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The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for nominations to the World No To***co Day Awards of individuals or organizations in each of the six WHO Regions for their accomplishments in the area of to***co control.

28/11/2022

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18/11/2022

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12/11/2022

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12/11/2022

31/05/2018

To***co wont break our hearts Say ***co

30/05/2018

World No To***co Day 2018 - To***co breaks hearts find out more at http://www.who.int/campaigns/no-to***co-day/2018/en/