Posts Tagged ‘tobacco epidemic’

WHO Report: Governments Not Doing Enough to Protect Citizens from Secondhand Smoke, Implement Other Provisions of Tobacco Treaty

A new report released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) finds that, even as the global toll of tobacco grows, most governments are falling short in implementing the policies required by the international tobacco control treaty, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. In particular, the report finds that governments are not moving quickly enough to enact comprehensive smoke-free laws that provide protection from deadly secondhand smoke, with more than 94 percent of the world’s population still unprotected. ... read more >>