The World Health Organization today issued its report on the 2025 global tobacco epidemic, at the World Tobacco Control Conference held in Dublin, and warned that there is a need to take measures to maintain the progress prepared in tobacco control and accelerate its pace in light of the increasingly interference of the industrial circles in tobacco policies, which impedes the policies that have been placed on tobacco and efforts and efforts Control it.
The report focuses on the set of six measures following tobacco control developed by the World Health Organization, which has proven effective to reduce tobacco use that harvested the lives of more than 7 million people annually:
– Conclusion of tobacco abuse and prevention policies.
– Protecting people from tobacco smoke through legislation for smoke-free air;
View help to quit tobacco use.
– Warning about the dangers of placing stickers on tobacco packages and mass media;
Blocking, promoting and caring for tobacco announcement.
– Increase the taxes imposed on tobacco.
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Since 2007, 155 countries have carried out at least one measure of the Six Tobacco Control Corporation measures in order to reduce tobacco use at the level of best practices.
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Today, more than 6.1 billion people, three -quarters of the world’s population, enjoy protection thanks to at least one policy of these policies, compared to only one billion people in 2007.
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4 countries have implemented the entire set of control of tobacco control, namely: Brazil, Mauritius, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Turkey. And 7 countries still have only to implement one measure of the six measures of tobacco control to complete their implementation of the set of measures, as the completion of the implementation of these measures indicates the highest level of tobacco control, and from these countries Ethiopia, Ireland, Jordan, Mexico, New Zealand, Slovenia and Spain. However, there are big gaps.
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There are still 40 countries that have not carried out any of the six -measure measures to combat tobacco at the level of best practices, and there are more than 30 countries that allow cigarette sales without mandatory health warnings.
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Dr. Tedros Adhanum Gebrisus, Director General of the World Health Organization said: & quot; 20 years after the approval of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, we have achieved many successes that we deserve to be celebrated, but the tobacco industry continues to develop and we must keep pace with, and by combining science, policies and political will, we can create a world in which tobacco does not reap tobacco or lives It destroys economies or steals the future, & nbsp; Together we can eliminate the tobacco epidemic & quot;
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The World Health Organization report was launched on the 2025 global tobacco epidemic, with the support of the Bloomberg Charitable Foundation, during the Bloomberg Charitable Charity Corporation Awards ceremony for 2025 in the field of tobacco control globally. The prizes were a reward for many governments and NGOs that have made progress in reducing tobacco abuse.
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Michael Bloomberg, the global ambassador of the World Health Organization on noncommunicable diseases and injuries: & quot; since the Bloomberg Charitable Foundation began to support global tobacco combat efforts in 2007, a tremendous change occurred in the way countries preventing tobacco abuse, but the road is still long & quot; and the Bloomberg Charitable Foundation is still fully committed to the urgent work that the Health Organization undertakes Global, and by saving more millions of lives with solidarity together.
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The World Health Organization report reveals the 2025 global tobacco epidemic that the most striking gains were made in the health warnings, which is one of the main measures stipulated in the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which makes it impossible to ignore tobacco damage: there are 110 countries now requires these warnings – after the number of countries that require them to be 9 countries in 2007 – and thus we protect 62% of the world’s population; There are 25 countries that adopted the simple packaging mechanism.
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However, the World Health Organization warns that enforcement is inconsistent, and that organizing a smoke packaging process is still weak. The new report is associated with a new data portal that tracks the progress made in each country separately between 2007 and 2025.
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Despite the effectiveness of tobacco control campaigns, there are 110 countries that have not been implemented since 2022. However, 36% of the world’s population now lives in countries that carried out campaigns at the level of best practices, after the percentage was only 19% in 2022.
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The organization urges countries to invest in campaigns whose message is subject to testing and evaluation.
The scope of imposition of tobacco was expanded, providing tobacco abuse services, and banning ads, but many improvements are needed:
Imposition of taxes: There are 134 countries that failed to make the cost of cigarettes outperform the purchasing power of their consumers, and since 2022, only 3 countries have increased taxes imposed on tobacco products to the level of best practices.
Tobacco abuse services: He does not get for free tobacco abuse services except 33% of people worldwide.
& bull; Announcement ban: There is a ban on the advertisement of tobacco products at the level of best practices in 68 countries, and covers more than 25% of the world’s population.
There are about 1.3 million people who die every year due to indirect smoking. Nowadays, 79 countries have carried out completely smoking -free environments, covering a third of the world’s population.
Since 2022, six additional countries have adopted (Cook, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sierra Leone, Slovenia and Uzbekistan) strong laws to ban smoking, especially in hospitality places, despite the resistance of industrial circles for them.
There was an increasing trend to regulate the use of electronic cigarettes or electronic systems to deliver nicotine. The number of countries regulating electronic systems to deliver or prohibit nicotine increased from 122 countries in 2022 to 133 countries in 2024, and this clearly indicates increasing attention to the spread of these products. However, more than 60 countries still lack any regulations on electronic systems to deliver nicotine. The World Health Organization calls for urgent measures in areas where the work momentum does not reach the required levels. Dr. Rudger Krish, Director of Health Promotion, said: Governments must boldly work to bridge the remaining gaps, enhance the enforcement of laws, and invest in tools that have proven their use in saving lives. The World Health Organization calls on all countries to accelerate the pace of progress in the implementation of the six measures of tobacco control and to ensure that no one fails to kneel in tobacco control.
