Responding to the Challenge of Non-communicable Diseases
2 March 2021
| Technical document
Overview
Tobacco use is responsible for one in six deaths from NCDs. While gains have been made by many countries on tobacco control, the fact remains that approximately 80% of the world’s one billion smokers live in lowand middle-income countries: the tobacco industry is constantly looking for new markets in these countries and blocking tobacco control efforts.
WHO Team
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control DGO
Number of pages
6
Copyright
United Nations Interagency Task Force on NCDs (UNIATF) and the Secretariat of the WHO FCTC