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Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI)

World No Tobacco Day, 31 May 2009

Tobacco health warnings on packs of cigarettes are among the strongest defences against the global tobacco epidemic. WHO particularly approves of warnings that contain both words and pictures depicting the harms caused by tobacco because they are the most effective at convincing people to quit.

"Tobacco health warnings" is the theme for the World No Tobacco Day 2009. To learn more about the topic, visit the World No Tobacco Day web site

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PRESS RELEASES

29 May 2009
Call for pictorial warnings on tobacco packs
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27 March 2009
Global Tobacco Laboratory Network Combating Tobacco Epidemic
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WHO calls for enforceable policies to restrict smoking in movies
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HIGHLIGHTS

Thailand releases its Global Adult Tobacco Survey data
9 November 2009
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Eastern Mediterranean office stresses links between tobacco and cancer
25 October 2009
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World Heart Day
27 September 2009
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Fact sheet on Tuberculosis and Tobacco
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The MPOWER strategies
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Tobacco Free Initiative in the WHO Regional Offices

- Regional Office for Africa
- Regional Office for the Americas/Pan American Health Organization
- Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
- Regional Office for Europe
- Regional Office for South-East Asia
- Regional Office for the Western Pacific Region

WHO FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON TOBACCO CONTROL

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The WHO FCTC entered into force on 27 February 2005

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Liberia
15 September 2009

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BLOOMBERG INITIATIVE

Bloomberg Initiative to reduce tobacco use
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HIGHLIGHTED PUBLICATIONS

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WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2008
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THE MPOWER POLICY PACKAGE

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