{"id":46155,"date":"2025-06-24T21:04:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T15:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=46155"},"modified":"2025-06-24T21:04:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T15:34:56","slug":"10th-who-report-global-tobacco-epidemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/24-06-2025\/10th-who-report-global-tobacco-epidemic","title":{"rendered":"10th WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/ Health<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>WHO has released the 10th edition of its Global Tobacco Epidemic Report, assessing progress in tobacco control since the launch of the MPOWER strategy in 2008.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The report notes significant global progress, with over 6.1 billion people now protected by at least one of the six MPOWER measures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Findings of the Report<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Widespread Impact:<\/strong> Since 2007, 155 countries have implemented at least one of the <strong>MPOWER policy prescriptions<\/strong>, collectively benefiting over 6.1 billion people.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Most Progress: <\/strong>Among all MPOWER measures, large graphic health warnings on cigarette packages have seen the most widespread and consistent implementation.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>India&#8217;s Leadership in Digital Content Regulation: <\/strong>India has notably become the first country globally to apply tobacco control regulations specifically to digital streaming content.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>India&#8217;s Strong Stance on TAPS: <\/strong>India has implemented stringent measures to curb tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship (TAPS) across all forms of media. This aligns with the <strong>&#8220;E&#8221; (Enforce bans) in MPOWER<\/strong> and is a critical step in reducing tobacco appeal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tobacco Tax: <\/strong>A critical finding is that tobacco tax remains the<strong> least-adopted MPOWER measure globally.<\/strong> This is a significant concern as increasing tobacco taxes is widely recognized as one of the most effective ways to reduce consumption, especially among youth and lower-income groups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tobacco Consumption\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tobacco use claims over seven million lives a year, predominantly in low- and middle-income countries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>India is the <strong>world&#8217;s second-largest tobacco<\/strong> producer after China.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>India is the<strong> 4th largest producer <\/strong>of Flue Cured Virginia (FCV) tobacco in the world after China, Brazil and Zimbabwe.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tobacco use is a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in India, such as cancer, heart disease, and respiratory illnesses, accounting for over 1.35 million deaths each year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Significant progress has been made to reduce tobacco use in countries with the highest burden of tobacco consumption over the last two decades.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Key strategies include the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and the six proven World Health Organization (WHO) MPOWER tobacco control measures to reduce tobacco use:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Monitoring tobacco use and prevention policies;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Protecting people from tobacco smoke with smoke-free air legislation;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Offering help to quit tobacco use;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Warning about the dangers of tobacco with pack labels and mass media;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enforcing bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Raising taxes on tobacco.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: TH<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">WHO has released the 10th edition of its Global Tobacco Epidemic Report, assessing progress in tobacco control since the launch of the MPOWER strategy in 2008.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Key Findings of the Report<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Widespread Impact: Since 2007, 155 countries have implemented at least one of the MPOWER policy prescriptions, collectively benefiting over 6.1 billion people.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Most Progress: Among all MPOWER measures, large graphic health warnings on cigarette packages have seen the most widespread and consistent implementation.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">India&#8217;s Leadership in Digital Content Regulation: India has notably become the first country globally to apply tobacco control regulations specifically to digital streaming content.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">India&#8217;s Strong Stance on TAPS: India has implemented stringent measures to curb tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship (TAPS) across all forms of media. This aligns with the &#8220;E&#8221; (Enforce bans) in MPOWER and is a critical step in reducing tobacco appeal.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/24-06-2025\/10th-who-report-global-tobacco-epidemic\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46155"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46169,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46155\/revisions\/46169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}