Tobacco Free Initiative
The Tobacco Free Initiative in the Western Pacific Region supports strengthening tobacco control and monitoring tobacco use and control in countries and areas.

The Tobacco Free Initiative in the Western Pacific Region supports strengthening tobacco control and monitoring tobacco use and control in countries and areas. With an estimated 368.3 million adult smokers in the Region, or about one-third of the world’s smokers, TFI aims to achieve the lowest possible level of tobacco use prevalence and the highest level of protection from second-hand smoke. By advocating and enabling accelerated implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control through sustainable systems for tobacco control, the Tobacco Free Initiative works towards a world free of tobacco: tobacco-free people, communities and environments.

Ms Mina Kashiwabara

Technical Lead, Tobacco Free Initiative

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Two decades of action: strategies to advance tobacco control in the Western Pacific

Over the past 20 years, the WHO Western Pacific Region has made significant progress in tobacco control, guided by the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco...

Pacific tobacco industry interference index: a tool for monitoring the types and extent of tobacco industry interference 

Information regarding the implementation of the recommendations of the Article 5.3 Guidelines across the Pacific island countries is limited and has...

Regional action plan for tobacco control in the Western Pacific (‎2020-2030)‎ : working towards a healthy, tobacco-free Region

Tobacco kills more than 3 million people a year in the Western Pacific Region. Tobacco's toll on the health of the population in the Region translates...

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