Landmark WHO Report on Global Tobacco Epidemic Should Spur Urgent Action by Nations to Implement Proven Solutions

The World Health Organization (WHO) released a landmark report that makes clear both the devastating scope of the global tobacco epidemic - it is the leading cause of preventable death in the world today - and the fact that it is entirely preventable if nations urgently implement proven solutions. This report presents the first comprehensive picture of what the world's nations are doing to address this public health crisis, and it demonstrates starkly that most nations are not doing nearly enough. While some countries have shown exemplary leadership, overall only around five percent of the world's population is covered by any one of the key interventions recommended by the WHO.

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