Subnavigation

• Tobacco Free Initiative
• Implementing tobacco control
• Surveillance and monitoring
• Tobacco control economics
• Watching and countering the industry
• Quitting tobacco
• Media centre
• Publications
• About

Tobacco control measures

World Lung Foundation

Governments reduce the harms caused by tobacco by adopting and implementing the tobacco control provisions of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC). Among the WHO FCTC's tobacco control provisions are those that reduce the demand for tobacco as well as others that reduce tobacco production, distribution, availability and supply.

Measures relating to the reduction of demand for tobacco

• Price and tax measures to reduce the demand for tobacco
  Article 6 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
• Protection from exposure to tobacco smoke
  Article 8 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
• Regulation of the contents and disclosures of tobacco products
  Articles 9 and 10 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
• Packaging and labelling of tobacco products
  Article 11 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
• Education, communication, training and public awareness
  Article 12 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
• Tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship
  Article 13 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
• Demand reduction measures concerning tobacco dependence and cessation
  Article 14 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Measures relating to the reduction of the supply of tobacco

• Illicit trade in tobacco products
  Article 15 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
• Sales to and by minors
  Article 16 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
• Provision of support for economically viable alternative activities
  Article 17 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control