WHO FCTC

22/07/2025

📍 Happening this week in The Gambia🇬🇲: Protocol Needs Assessment.

Organized by the Convention Secretariat in collaboration with WHO Regional and Country Offices, this initiative is part of a series of multisectoral, subregional workshops and assessments aimed at strengthening awareness and accelerating the implementation and the entry into force of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in To***co Products.

This Protocol equips countries with powerful tools to
combat illicit trade in to***co products📛🔍,
protect public health 🏥and
strengthen national economies 💰

🔗 Learn more: https://fctc.who.int/protocol

17/07/2025

The intergovernmental negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty (INC-5.2) is drawing near, and the Chair’s Text issued in December 2024 sets the tone for what could become the world’s first legally binding instrument on plastic pollution.    Addressin...

15/07/2025

🌍 The WHO Framework Convention on To***co Control (WHO FCTC) is more than a public health treaty — it's a powerful driver of Sustainable Development.

🚭 As highlighted in Target 3.a, implementing the WHO FCTC helps reduce to***co use, prevent NCDs, and promote health equity, economic resilience, and environmental sustainability.

🎉 Join us in celebrating 20 years of the WHO FCTC!
📅 TODAY: 15 July 2025
🕘 Don’t miss this global event highlighting to***co control’s role in achieving the .

Register here 🔗 https://fctc.who.int/newsroom/events/item/2025/07/15/default-calendar/celebrating-20-years-of-the-who-fctc-to***co-control-for-sustainable-development



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14/07/2025

🎉 You're invited for tomorrow's event!

Join us for a special webinar celebrating 20 years of the WHO FCTC🎂

🗓️ 15 July 2025
🕐 15:00 – 16:00 CET
🌍 Online
🎯 To***co Control for Sustainable Development

Hear from global leaders and changemakers as we reflect on two decades of progress and explore how to***co control contributes to the hashtag and a healthier future for all.

🔗 Event details & registration:



https://fctc.who.int/newsroom/events/item/2025/07/15/default-calendar/celebrating-20-years-of-the-who-fctc-to***co-control-for-sustainable-development

11/07/2025

🌍 Webinar: Celebrating 20 years of the WHO FCTC - To***co Control for Sustainable Development

🗓️ 15 July 2025 | 🕒 15:00–16:00 CET

📍 Online |

Join global leaders, experts, and advocates as we reflect on two decades of impact and explore how to***co control continues to drive progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

🔍 Topics include:
✔️ The WHO FCTC's legacy and future
✔️ To***co control as a tool for equity, health, and development
✔️ Voices from Member States and civil society

📢 Don’t miss this milestone moment in global health policy
🔗 Register or learn more:
https://fctc.who.int/newsroom/events/item/2025/07/15/default-calendar/celebrating-20-years-of-the-who-fctc-to***co-control-for-sustainable-development

10/07/2025

🚨 Just released: The provisional agendas for and are now available ❗️

🔗 https://fctc.who.int/convention/conference-of-the-parties/sessions/eleventh-session-of-the-conference-of-the-parties/main-documents

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https://fctc.who.int/protocol/meeting-of-the-parties/sessions/fourth-session-of-the-meeting-of-the-parties/main-documents

24/06/2025

📢 Did you know?
Graphic health warnings on to***co packaging are a powerful tool to inform, protect, and save lives.

🚭 Under Article 11 of the WHO Framework Convention on To***co Control (WHO FCTC), countries are required to include clear — often pictorial — warnings on to***co products to highlight their harmful effects.

🌍 According to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) Report on the Global To***co Epidemic 2025, 110 countries now implement graphic health warnings that meet international standards — protecting 62% of the global population.

💡 Every warning is a step toward a healthier, to***co-free world.

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🔗 Read more
https://www.who.int/news/item/23-06-2025-to***co-control-efforts-protect-6.1-billion-people-who-s-new-report

Graphic health warnings, meeting the highest international standards, now cover 110 countries, protecting 62% of the global population.

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24/06/2025

''The WHO FCTC stands as one of the greatest achievements in global to***co control. Before its adoption, Ireland set a global precedent by implementing a near-total ban on smoking in indoor workplaces, public places, and public transport in 2004.'' -Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Ireland at the World Conference on To***co Control

Honoured to speak at the World Conference on To***co Control in Dublin today.

It is a very important forum where we can shape and design policies that will lead to a healthier future for everyone.

23/06/2025

And here we are at the World Conference on To***co Control !

This conference brings together academics, health professionals, NGOs, and policymakers to share successes, exchange best practices, and strengthen efforts to counter the tactics of the to***co industry.

It provides a vital platform for collaboration and discussion across all areas of to***co control — from public health and taxation to legal implementation and beyond.

As we look ahead to in November 2025, this global community continues to support and present advancing evidence-based policies that save lives and promote health for all.

20/06/2025

To***co control saves lives, and 2025 marks a pivotal year for global action.

At World Conference on To***co Control , key technical issues will be discussed in the lead-up to two major governing body meetings taking place this November in Geneva: and .

🔗https://wctc2025.abstractserver.com/program/ #/program/1/horizontal

17/06/2025

🌍 On , we join our colleagues at United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in raising awareness and calling for urgent action to restore our land and biodiversity.

🚭 To***co cultivation destroys our environment—damaging land, polluting water, and poisoning the air.

🌿 In line with Articles 17 & 18, the WHO FCTC supports better regulation of to***co farming and helping farmers transition to sustainable, environmentally friendly alternatives.

✅ Let’s replace harmful practices with solutions that protect our planet and save lives.

📘 Policy options and recommendations (Articles 17 & 18):

👉 https://fctc.who.int/resources/publications/m/item/policy-options-and-recommendations-on-economically-sustainable-alternatives-to-to***co-growing




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13/06/2025

❗️Child labour in to***co farming is both a human rights and public health crisis.

👉SDG 8.7 calls to end it this year.

🚨 While to***co execs rake in millions, children are trapped in fields—working in hazardous conditions, caught in cycles of poverty and debt.

The to***co industry claims to be part of the solution—but it’s part of the problem.
We need:
✔️ -free supply chains
✔️ Fair to***co taxation (WHO FCTC Article 6)
✔️ Enforcement of Articles 17 & 18: sustainable alternatives to to***co growing 🫘🍅 & protection for vulnerable families

🌱 Let’s and protect the future of our children and our planet.

🔗 Policy recommendations → https://fctc.who.int/resources/publications/m/item/policy-options-and-recommendations-on-economically-sustainable-alternatives-to-to***co-growing

🧰 Article 17 Toolkit → https://fctc.who.int/resources/publications/m/item/toolkit-for-article-17-of-the-who-framework-convention-on-to***co-control