Health Promotion
We work to enhance people’s wellbeing and reduce their health risks associated with tobacco use, alcohol consumption and physical inactivity, thereby contributing to better population health. We develop and implement cross-cutting normative, fiscal and legal measures and capacity development tools. We advance global health in health literacy, community engagement strategies and good governance for health, and foster public health action in the settings of every-day life.
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Tobacco and stunting
2 September 2025

Tobacco and stunting

This document is the eleventh in a series of Tobacco Knowledge Summaries and is prepared with the objective to summarize the current evidence on the association...

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Implementing the global framework on well-being at the country level
25 July 2025

Implementing the global framework on well-being at the country level

As part of implementing Resolution WHA75.19, and building on the WHO Global framework on well-being adopted by Member States at the Seventy-sixth...

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Standard operating procedure for the determination of flavouring agents in e-liquids using non-targeted analysis: gas chromatography mass spectrometry: WHO TobLabNet official method SOP 16
29 June 2025

Standard operating procedure for the determination of flavouring agents in e-liquids using non-targeted...

WHO TobLabNet SOP16 is a new analytical method and standard operating procedure for the determination of flavouring agents in e-liquids using non-targeted...

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WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2025: warning about the dangers of tobacco
23 June 2025

WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2025: warning about the dangers of tobacco

The tenth WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic tracks the progress made by countries in tobacco control since 2008. The MPOWER technical package...

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Documents

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14 December 2023

Technical note on the call to action on electronic cigarettes

The background information document on the call to action on electronic cigarettes is an accompanying document to call to action on electronic cigarettes...

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Electronic cigarettes - call to action
14 December 2023

Electronic cigarettes: call to action

This call to action on e-cigarettes notes that urgent and strong decisive action to prevent uptake of e-cigarettes, which are harmful to health, should...

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28 June 2021

WHO Quitting Toolkit

Quitting tobacco and related products is hard, but with the right support and tools, you can do it! With professional support and quitting services, tobacco...

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