Success stories and lessons learnt

This series is intended to assist countries in implementing effective, evidence-based tobacco control programs. Each case study in the series covers a specific topic and presents: brief review of the evidence; the rational for intervention; a brief list of relevant resources and country specific 'success stories'/'best practices'.

The topics covered by the series are:

• Taxation (including smuggling control)
• Advertising and promotion bans
• Smoke-free policies
• Labelling and packaging (including health warnings)
• Effective access to tobacco dependence treatment
• Mass-media campaigns (including counter-advertising)
• Surveillance and monitoring
• Public interest litigation