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@FCTCofficial

3 years

''If tobacco was a virus, it would long ago have been called a pandemic, and the world would marshal every resource to stop it.''- Dr @DrTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, @WHO Director-General. 🔗

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@FCTCofficial

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Working Towards a Tobacco-Free W 🚭rld Join us to celebrate 20 years of the adoption of the WHO FCTC with @DrTedros #FCTCSavesLives #HealthForAll

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@FCTCofficial

6 years

Mission accomplished! The Protocol is a reality❗️Following the accession of UK🇬🇧 today, the conditions for the entry into force of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products #FCTCIllicitTradeProtocol have been met❗️👏 #MOP1

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“Since it came into force 13 years ago, the WHO FCTC remains one of the word’s most powerful tools for promoting public health. Through the implementation of this Treaty, we are making great progress, & we are saving lives.”- @DrTedros , @WHO Director General #UNTobaccoControl

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@FCTCofficial

1 year

🎂Today marks the 18th anniversary of the entry into force of the WHO FCTC. The Convention represents a milestone for the promotion of public health and provides new legal dimensions for international cooperation 🎈Happy Birthday to this life-saving treaty❗ #FCTCSavesLives

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@FCTCofficial

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❗️ @WHO urges governments to stop subsidizing life-threatening tobacco crops. In this #WNTD we highlight that 182 Parties to the WHO FCTC have committed to promote economically viable alternatives for tobacco workers & growers. #FCTCSavesLives 👍🍲🫘 👎🌿🚬

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@FCTCofficial

4 years

Today marks the 15th anniversary of the entry into force of the WHO FCTC! #FCTC15Years From today,we are launching an online campaign highlighting the achievements & milestones of the treaty. Join us in the celebration! WORKING TOWARDS A TOBACCO-FREE WORLD

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@FCTCofficial

4 years

𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗿 𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗲́ 𝗩𝗮́𝘇𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘇: 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼-𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 🔗

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@FCTCofficial

4 years

Smokers are likely to be more vulnerable to #COVID19 as the act of smoking means that fingers (& possibly contaminated🚬) are in contact with lips which increases the possibility of transmission of virus from hand to mouth. Water pipes could also facilitate COVID19 transmission.

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@FCTCofficial

3 years

The Convention Secretariat warmly congratulates Ms Zandile Dhlaminin for her election as the new COP President elected by COP9. We feel honoured to count on you to keep working for a healthy, tobacco-free future for all of us.  🌎🌍🌏🚭⚕️ #FCTCBuildsBackBetter #FCTCSavesLives

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@FCTCofficial

4 years

Dr. Adriana @BlancoMarquizo sends out a message joining @WHO 's #WNTD2020 campaign #TobaccoExposed and calls on Parties to the WHO FCTC to protect the future generations from the tobacco industry’s systematic and sustained efforts to hook them. #FCTCSavesLives 🚭👶👨‍🦰👧👧🏿👦🏾👦🚭

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@FCTCofficial

6 years

Big congratulations to #Norway on their standardized packaging legislation entering into force yesterday! 👏🏻This legislation is in line with Article 11 of the WHO FCTC: Packaging and labelling of tobacco products #PlainPackaging #UNTobaccoControl

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@FCTCofficial

2 years

We are pleased to share very good news from Tunisia🇹🇳:🚬packages are now displaying health warnings covering 70󠀥󠀥󠀥% of both sides of tobacco packages We congratulate Tunisia for this bold move & look forward to keep advancing tobacco control in🇹🇳through the #FCTC2030 project!

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@FCTCofficial

6 years

Bravo #Singapore 🇸🇬 on your decision to adopt #PlainPackage and large graphic health warnings on tobacco products! These actions will protect present and future generations❗️ 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #UNTobaccoControl

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@FCTCofficial

6 months

New study uses data on current smoking prevalence (ages 10-24) and quit ratio (ages 45-59) and finds that FCTC ratification significantly decreased smoking prevalence and increased cessation in relevant age groups. #FCTCSavesLives 🔗

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@FCTCofficial

4 years

Check out what Dr Adriana @BlancoMarquizo has to say in relation to the release of a new report on how the tobacco industry uses social media during #COP to the WHO FCTC to keep pushing their agenda. Link to the press release>

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@FCTCofficial

6 months

We must continue advocating for urgent and accelerated implementation of the WHO FCTC. We must continue to be on our guard against the tobacco industry and its tactics.- @DrTedros #COP10FCTC

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@FCTCofficial

3 years

Today marks the 16th anniversary of the entry into force of the WHO FCTC❗️ The WHO FCTC has played an essential role in curbing the global tobacco epidemic which undeniably has created challenges for public health and development. Happy 16 years!🎂 #FCTCSavesLives

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@FCTCofficial

5 years

📍The Convention Secretariat calls Parties to remain vigilant towards novel and emerging nicotine and tobacco products #UNTobaccoControl

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@FCTCofficial

5 years

Congratulations Nigeria 🇳🇬❗️The 51th Party to the ⁦Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products ⁩ #UNTobaccoControl

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@FCTCofficial

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#COP10FCTC adopted historic decisions to protect the environment from the harms of tobacco and to address cross-border tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship and the depiction of tobacco in entertainment media. #FCTCSavesLives 🔗

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@FCTCofficial

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❗️In just one day, Panama 🇵🇦 will play host to a momentous gathering as over 1,100 delegates from more than 180 countries, 4 Intergovernmental & 18 Non-governmental Organisations converge to its capital city for the #COP10FCTC #FCTCSavesLives

Tenth Session of the Conference of the Parties

Dixième session de la Conférence des Parties à la Convention-cadre de l’OMS (COP10)

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@FCTCofficial

6 years

We are celebrating #COP8FCTC ! The Jet d’eau (water fountain) of #Geneva is illuminated right now with the colors of our Treaty : The WHO FCTC #UNTobaccoControl

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@FCTCofficial

5 years

'As I return home, I'll continue to follow all developments with interest & be the 1st to 👏👏 new advances in tobacco control, including the outcomes of the forthcoming #COP9 & #MOP2 . Let’s keep working towards a better world.'–Dr @vera_dacosta Speech>

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@FCTCofficial

6 years

Implementing the WHO FCTC means protecting hearts ❤️ and choosing health ❗️ #UNTobaccoControl #NoTobacco #beatNCDs

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@FCTCofficial

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We meet today the Global Youth Voices❗️ They have a strong voice & their participation at the #COP10FCTC is crucial in ensuring that the young people are heard in tobacco control discussions🌏🌍🌎 #TobaccoExposed #ProtectOurFuture #SayNoToTobacco #ProtectTheYouth #FCTCSavesLives

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@FCTCofficial

4 years

📡Landmark legal victory @wto for public health and a major setback for the tobacco industry. The Convention Secretariat recognizes the importance of this decision. #FCTCSavesLives >>

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@FCTCofficial

4 years

CMCT de la OMS: 15 AÑOS TRABAJANDO POR UN MUND🚭 SIN TABACO #FCTC15Years

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@FCTCofficial

6 years

. @DrTedros stressed during @WCTOH2018 that global tobacco control efforts are gaining accelerated momentum but there is much more work to be done. He mentioned 3 comprehensive ways to control the tobacco epidemic. Read more here #UNTobaccoControl

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A study from @LancetGH confirmed that starting to smoke in childhood doubles the risk of premature⚰️ Parties can protect young people by strengthening bans on tobacco advertising & regulating traditional & novel tobacco products> #FCTCSavesLives #Speakout

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@FCTCofficial

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The Convention Secretariat welcomes the new Head, Dr Adriana Blanco Marquizo. We look forward to working together to advance in public health and sustainable development through the implementation of the WHO FCTC and the Protocol. Biography>

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@FCTCofficial

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The WHO FCTC provides a complete package of measures to fight the tobacco epidemic and save lives. #FCTCSavesLives #FCTC15Years 👉

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@FCTCofficial

5 years

Smoking and vaping in cars in New Zealand 🇳🇿 when children are present will be banned 👏👏🧒👧👧👧🏾🧒🏾👶🏾🚭🚗. This healthy measure is in line with WHO FCTC'S article 8 #UNTobaccoControl >>

Car smoking ban - In the News - Science Media Centre

Associate Health Minister Jenny Salesa has announced that smoking and vaping in cars when children are present will be banned. […]

www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz

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@FCTCofficial

5 years

Making history in public health: WHO FCTC and Protocol Bureaus met for the 1st time in Geneva and were honored with @DrTedros , Director General of @WHO , presence #UNTobaccoControl

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4 years

'' Cigarettes is not a basic good '' - H.E. Ebrahim Patel, South African Minister of Trade and Industry. Coronavirus in SA: Sale of cigarettes prohibited during 21-day lockdown.

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@FCTCofficial

6 years

France🇫🇷has seen a sharp fall in the number of people smoking daily, w/1M. fewer lighting up from 2016-2017 as a result of WHOFCTC impl. Some of t/measures include #PlainPacks , smoking bans, tax increases and more life saving measures👏 #UNTobaccoControl

One million French smokers quit in a year amid anti-smoking measures

France sees the steepest drop in daily smokers for over a decade as anti-smoking regulations bite.

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@FCTCofficial

4 years

The Convention Secretariat congratulates all the winners of the World No Tobacco Day Awards 2020 #WNTD2020 . Thank you for your commitment to tobacco control! >> #FCTCSavesLives #TobaccoExposed

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@FCTCofficial

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Congratulations to Oman🇴🇲 for adopting tobacco #PlainPackaging 👏 This proven measure will work with other comprehensive regulations to further protect Omanis from the destructive consequences of tobacco. Bravo! 👏👏 #FCTCSavesLives

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@FCTCofficial

3 years

Today is #WorldCancerDay Tobacco users with #cancer have greater risks, not only of the well known tobacco-related health problems, such as cardiovascular and respiratory diseases and further cancers, but also unfavourable cancer treatment outcomes. 🔗

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@FCTCofficial

4 years

📡 Tobacco control during the #COVID19 pandemic: how we can help 📍 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝘁, 𝗗𝗿. 𝗔𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮 @BlancoMarquizo >> #FCTCSavesLives

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@FCTCofficial

5 years

The Convention Secretariat is very proud to join @WHO in supporting and promoting #WorldNoTobaccoDay . Say #NoTobacco ! 🚭 #UNTobaccoControl

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@FCTCofficial

2 years

DYK that🚬butts are primarily plastic❓ 📢From today we are partnering with @UNEP to raise awareness & drive action on the extensive environmental & human health impacts of microplastics in🚬filters. Join the #CleanSeas campaign #FaceThePlasticTruth

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@FCTCofficial

5 years

¡Hoy es el #D íaMundialSinTabaco! 🚭 🌎El CMCT de la OMS es el primer tratado mundial de salud pública que responde a la epidemia mundial de tabaco. La implementación del Convenio es una herramienta eficaz para mejorar la salud pulmonar a nivel mundial #Sintabaco #UNTobaccoControl

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5 years

Austria adopts comprehensive smoking ban👍. The newly adopted measure will certainly contribute to a decline in smoking prevalence in the country & will protect people from exposure to tobacco smoke as recommended in Art.8 of the WHOFCTC #UNTobaccoControl

Smoking ban: Austria's cafe society calls time on cigarettes

Once dubbed the ashtray of Europe, Austria has finally banned smoking in restaurants, bars and cafes.

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@FCTCofficial

6 months

#COP10 & #MOP3 will take place soon in Panama. Both events aim to protect people from the devastating worldwide health, social, economic & environmental consequences of tobacco consumption & exposure to tobacco🚭 #FCTCSavesLives #IllicitTobaccoProtocol 🔗

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World Health Organization (WHO)

@WHO

6 months

150 countries 🌏🌍🌎 are successfully reducing tobacco use. With effective tobacco control measures, countries can decrease the prevalence of tobacco use and get on track to achieve the target of 30% reduction by 2025. Why not quit now? 🚭 #NoTobacco

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🇦🇹🇧🇷🇧🇫🇹🇩🇰🇲🇨🇬🇨🇷🇨🇮🇨🇾🇪🇨🇸🇿🇪🇺🇫🇷🇬🇦🇬🇲🇩🇪🇬🇳🇮🇳🇮🇶🇱🇻🇱🇹🇲🇬🇲🇱🇲🇺🇲🇳🇲🇪🇳🇮🇳🇪🇵🇦🇵🇹🇸🇦🇸🇳🇷🇸🇸🇰🇪🇸🇱🇰🇹🇬🇹🇷🇹🇲🇬🇧🇺🇾 These are the countries that make it happen👏❗️ #FCTCIllicitTradeProtocol This is history in public health.

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@FCTCofficial

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We are very proud to be part of this family. @WHO & the Secretariat of the WHO FCTC will keep working as1⃣to protect present & future generations from the devastating health,social,environmental & economic consequences of tobacco🚭 #FCTCSavesLives #FCTCProtectsOurPlanet @DrTedros

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@FCTCofficial

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𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲: The #COP10 , the global tobacco control conference opens today in Panama #FCTCSavesLives

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@FCTCofficial

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Today is #WorldNoTobaccoDay 🚭❗️ #WNTD2022 focuses attention on the environmental damage caused by the tobacco industry & its products & calls for steps to make the industry more accountable for the destruction it is causing #FCTCProtectsOurPlanet

World No Tobacco Day 2022 - Tobacco is impacting your health, and the...

Every year, besides the 8 million human lives lost to tobacco use, 200,000 hectares of forests are flattened to grow and cure tobacco leaves which is equival...

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@FCTCofficial

6 years

Today, 25 September 2018, we are celebrating an important milestone in the history of public health and global tobacco control: the entry into force of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade on Tobacco Products.❗️ #FCTCIllicitTradeProtocol #MOP1

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Smoking damages your lungs and other parts of your body, * and may increase your risk of getting a severe case of #COVID19 * Information note about #COVID19 and #NCDs ➡️

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@FCTCofficial

4 years

We are joining @WHO 's #WorldNoTobaccoDay 🚭 campaign and invite Parties to the WHO FCTC to protect future generations from the harm caused by tobacco & we encourage all young people to protect their health by joining the fight to become a tobacco-free generation! #FCTCSavesLives

World Health Organization (WHO)

@WHO

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It's #WorldNoTobaccoDay ! 🚭 Tobacco products kill over 8 million people every year. The industry is targeting youth to replace people that their products are killing so they can make a killing in profits 💰 📈. It’s time to #SpeakOut ! #TobaccoExposed 👉

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🚬Cigarette butts are a form of plastic Cigarette filters are made of fine cellulose acetate strands that leach into the environment. The WHO FCTC supports countries to stop the environmental damage of tobacco #FCTCSavesLives #FCTCProtectsOurPlanet 🚭

Environment

The health impacts of tobacco are widely known. What is less well known is the negative impact tobacco use has on the environment.

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World Health Organization (WHO)

@WHO

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What’s inside a cigarette? Let’s find out. #TobaccoExposed #NoTobacco

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❗️ #COP10FCTC is happening this week & will decide on key issues around tobacco control🚭🌏🌎🌍🚭 🔗

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@FCTCofficial

4 years

Today is #WorldCancerDay ! Tobacco is the biggest risk factor x Cancer🚭 🚬 is responsible x 25% of cancer deaths 🚬 is the most impactful risk factor 🚬 is a risk factor that we can and should avoid The WHOFCTC is the response x the🌐 🚬epidemic #IAmAndIWill #UNTobaccoControl

World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific

@WHOWPRO

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@WHOPhilippines @WHO_Mongolia @DrRasul_WHO @loyingru @takeshi_kasai @WHO Today is #WorldCancerDay ! Here are some ways to reduce your cancer risk

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Andorra is a new Party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control👏👏 We congratulate Andorra 🇦🇩 and stand ready to support you to fully implement the WHO FCTC! We have now 182 Parties! 🌏🌎🌍 #FCTCSavesLives even during the #COVID19Pandemic

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❕El rol activo de los jóvenes en el control del tabaco a nivel mundial es extremadamente importante.🚭 #ProtectOurFuture #SayNoToTobacco #ProtectTheYouth #FCTCSavesLives #CMCTSalvaVidas @TheGGTC Read the statement ⤵️ 🔗

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WHO FCTC opens 8th COP #COP8FCTC session to review progress, strengthen global fight against tobacco use ❗️ #UNTobaccoControl

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'When it comes to the environment, the tobacco industry 'is blatantly greenwashing' to cover up their unacceptable behaviour Can civil society help? Yes, it can Civil society is our voice... it is central to the fight against tobacco' - Dr @BlancoMarquizo

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@FCTCofficial

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Plain packaging is a life saving measure that has been implemented by Australia, France, the United Kingdom, Norway, Ireland, New Zealand, Hungary, Uruguay, Saudi Arabia,Thailand & Turkey. This domino effect continues in 2020 with Belgium, Israel, Slovenia, Canada & Singapore👏👏

WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

@WHOEMRO

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شركات #التبغ تقود حملات ضد القوانين التي تحد من استهلاك التبغ ومن بينها التغليف البسيط لمنتجات التبغ وغيرها. نشيد بالتزام المملكة @SaudiMOH ببروتوكول القضاء على الاتجار غير المشروع بمنتجات التبغ، واستخدامها وسائل تقنية متطورة مثل الختم الضريبي. #لا_للتبغ

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Listen to Dr @BlancoMarquizo 's message after this MAJOR VICTORY for public health and tobacco control: @wto upholds the WHO FCTC on using #plainpackaging on tobacco products to protect people's health. #FCTCSavesLives @WHO @DrTedros 📽️:

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''During this pandemic, I wish to remind all Parties that there has never been a more appropriate time to support your citizens in their efforts to quit tobacco use.''– Dr. @BlancoMarquizo More than 300,000 UK smokers may have quit owing to #Covid19 fears

More than 300,000 UK smokers may have quit owing to Covid-19 fears

Health groups welcome survey suggesting many have quit, are trying to or have cut down

www.theguardian.com

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@FCTCofficial

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Schiphol airport Amsterdam to become entirely Smoke-Free🚭 in April. 🔺Exposure to tobacco smoke causes: ⚰️death, ❌disease & ❌disability. ✔️Protecting people from exposure to tobacco smoke is a life-saving measure (WHO FCTC Article8) #FCTCSavesLives

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The Netherlands is moving to phase out tobacco sales in supermarkets & petrol stations👏 Mr. Paul Blokhuis, 🇳🇱State Secretary for Health, Welfare & Sport, talked to us in 2018 about raising a smoke-free generation> #FCTCSavesLives

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Global youth voices from across the globe called upon the delegates of the #COP10FCTC to protect future generations from the devastating consequences of tobacco & related industries’ manipulative and harmful practices. #FCTCSavesLives #ProtectTheYouth 🔗

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Ahead of #WorldNoTobaccoDay , we stress the importance of accelerating the implementation of Articles 17&18 of the WHO FCTC to protect tobacco farmers & to Grow Food, No Tobacco. #FCTCSavesLives #FCTCProtectsTheEnvironment 🔗

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@FCTCofficial

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WHO FCTC COP8 concludes with new strategy to accelerate tobacco control efforts and stronger transparency measures to counter tobacco industry interference. Read the press release >>> #UNTobaccoControl #COP8FCTC

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Tobacco control has a pivotal role in the global effort to reduce t/ #NCDs burden. We are raising awareness ahead of the 3rd #UNGA High-level Mtg on NCDs prevention in calling on all Heads of State & Gvt to consider the WHOFCTC implementation as key to #BeatNCDs #UNTobaccoControl

World Health Organization (WHO)

@WHO

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Cancer. Diabetes. Lung disease. Heart diseases. Stroke. These noncommunicable diseases are the world's biggest killers, responsible for 7 out of every 10 deaths worldwide. We need your help to #BeatNCDs ! #UNGA

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Tobacco growing and manufacturing has a negative effect on the environment. Article 18 of the WHO FCTC protects the environment and the health of the persons #WorldEnvironmentDay #UNTobaccoControl #SDGStudio

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@FCTCofficial

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📹 WORKING TOWARDS A TOBACCO-FREE WORLD #FCTC15Years #FCTCSavesLives #UNTobaccoControl Join us in the celebration! >>

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Kenya is the 59th Party to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products #FCTCIllicitTradeProtocol 👏 Tobacco control keeps making progress in spite of the #COVID19 Pandemic! Our ultimate goal is to create a healthier environment for all. Congratulations to Kenya🇰🇪

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Tobacco control measures are often challenged in court by the tobacco industry🏭💀 or those representing its interests to stop or weaken their implementation. Read about the role of evidence in defending tobacco control measures against legal challenges 🔗

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@FCTCofficial

4 years

From 1st October the Netherlands introduced plain packaging. A very bold step to protect present and future generations from the devastating harms of tobacco! Congratulations to our next #COP9 & #MOP2 host country! 👏👏 #FCTCSavesLives @PaulBlokhuis @MinVWS

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@PaulBlokhuis

4 years

Weer een stap op weg naar een rookvrije generatie. Vanaf donderdag zijn verleidelijke pakjes sigaretten en shag met logo's en kleuren verleden tijd. Dat is nodig, want elke dag beginnen 75 kinderen met roken #rookvrijegeneratie

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@FCTCofficial

5 years

We can #BeatNCDs by beating tobacco. Convention Secretariat organized a lunchtime event to discuss implementation of the WHO FCTC and the Protocol and @SDGs target 3.a @WHO Global Meeting to Accelerate Progress on SDG target 3.4 on #NCDs and #MentalHealth #UNTobaccoControl

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4 years

As per @WHO 's information note about #COVID19 & #NCDs , tobacco is a risk factor that make more people vulnerable to becoming severely ill with #COVID19 . It is also recommended to quit smoking.🚭 More in this link👉 #FCTCSavesLives

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@FCTCofficial

2 years

. @UNEP , @WHO , @FCTCofficial & more tobacco control experts & environmental advocates worldwide will join this roundtable discussion to connect the dots between Extended Producer Responsibility, tobacco industry liability & polluter pays principle. 🔗 #WNTD

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@FCTCofficial

1 year

❗️Tobacco products contain plastic in the filters🚭 We are at the #PlasticsTreaty Negotiating Committee in Paris to join discussions to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution #PlasticsINC #BeatPlasticPollution #FCTCProtectsTheEnvironment @UNEP

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@FCTCofficial

4 years

The Global Strategy to Accelerate Tobacco Control #GS2025 has a specific objective to catalyze & leverage the contributions of the civil society to achieve the aims of the WHO FCTC. We are engaging with NGOs right now to achieve that objective. #FCTCSavesLives

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@FCTCofficial

4 years

'We must stand united & remain coherent with our own values to confront tobacco industry interference.Let us join our efforts in making the @UN system💯% smoke-free & leave the tobacco industry no space to interfere with our work & with the #SDG agenda'-Dr Adriana Blanco Marquizo

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@FCTCofficial

4 years

This is not the time to turn to an unhealthy habit❌ Keeping tobacco-free helps keep you healthy 🚭 Reducing demand for tobacco through cessation support is one of the WHO FCTC’s core demand reduction strategies (Article 14 ) for Parties to implement. #FCTCSavesLives #COVID19

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❗️Tobacco kills up to half of its users who don’t quit The Global Strategy #GS2025 defines key priorities to advance the implementation of the WHO FCTC through 2025.🚭 #FCTCSavesLives Available in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian & Spanish 🔗

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@FCTCofficial

3 years

#WorldNoTobaccoDay2021 's campaign is about cessation. Article 14 of the WHO FCTC, on demand reduction measures concerning tobacco dependence & cessation, guide Parties to help the population to #CommitToQuit Read more🔗 Happy #WorldNoTobaccoDay ❗️

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@FCTCofficial

4 years

The Netherlands is the 61st Party to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products #FCTCIllicitTradeProtocol 👏 Congratulations to our #COP9 & #MOP2 hosting country 🇳🇱 61 Parties & counting ...

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@FCTCofficial

3 years

Did you know it takes up to🔟years for a #cigarette butt to decompose, leaching deadly chemicals & microplastics into the environment? The tobacco industry knows but won’t change to stop damaging our🌏: Let's protect the world from being #BurnedByTobacco .

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@FCTCofficial

2 years

Join @WHO , @exposetobacco & us @FCTCofficial tomorrow 12 May for 'Talking trash: Behind the tobacco industry's 'green' public relations' to learn how the tobacco industry is destroying our environment & what we can do about it. 🔗 #WNTD2022 #FCTCSavesLives

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@FCTCofficial

5 years

#Pakistan 🇵🇰government has decided to impose a ‘health tax’ on cigarettes and carbonated drinks 👏🏼

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@FCTCofficial

4 years

With a nearly 1 billion smokers in 2012 consuming an estimated 6.25 trillion 🚬 worldwide, tobacco smoke from cigarettes globally release significant amounts of toxicants and pollutants directly into the environment. >> #FCTCSavesLives | #CleanAirForAll

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1 year

Working Towards a Tobacco-Free W 🚭rld Join us to celebrate 20 years of the adoption of the WHO FCTC with @TFP_TobaccoFree @DrBronKing #FCTCSavesLives #HealthForAll

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@FCTCofficial

4 years

📢We are proud to announce the launch of the visual identity of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products. The #FCTCIllicitTradeProtocol was developed in response to the growing illicit trade in tobacco products, often across borders. 👉

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@FCTCofficial

4 years

📢Press release:🆕WHO FCTC Knowledge Hub in Brazil aims to support tobacco farmers to shift to alternative economic activities & to improve their health while contributing to the environment. [Articles 17 & 18] > #FCTCSavesLives #FCTCProtectsTheEnvironment

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@FCTCofficial

4 years

Happy 15th birthday to the WHO FCTC ! #FCTC15Years #FCTCSavesLives

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@FCTCofficial

6 years

'The past 3 days were a landmark in the history of tobacco control. We will now enter a new phase, where reaching the goals of the WHO FCTC will be supported & accelerated by the implementation of the Protocol'—Dr @vera_dacosta ⏩ #FCTC_illicitTradeProtocol

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4 years

Today we mark the 1st International Day of Clean Air for blue skies. Tobacco smoke pollutes indoor & outdoor environments & remains a pervasive & persistent source of toxicants long after the cigarette has been extinguished. #FCTCSavesLives | #CleanAirForAll | #ClimateAction

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6 months

The tobacco industry projects itself as champion of well-being, economic growth & environmental sustainability But They produce & promote a product that kills over 8.7M people & they prey on children & adolescents to get them addicted to their new products

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@FCTCofficial

6 years

Congratulations Turkey 🇹🇷the new Party to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in tobacco Products! 👏Only 5⃣to go by 2 July 2018❗️ #JustNeed5 #itoughttobelaw #UNTobaccoControl #RatifyTheIllicitTradeProtocol #MOP1

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@FCTCofficial

5 years

Evidence shows that youth vaping rates in Canada are increasing at a concerning pace. The government of Canada proposed recently new regulations to prohibit the promotion & advertising of vaping products anywhere they can be seen or heard by youth. ➡️

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@FCTCofficial

1 year

This week we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), the global public health treaty that serves as the world’s front-line defence against the tobacco epidemic. #FCTCSavesLives #WHA76 🔗

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The #COP9 starts today❗️ The COP9 will bring together partners from all over the🌍who aim to strengthen #TobaccoControl measures. They intend to improve standards that reduce the burden of disease & suffering caused by tobacco consumption🚭

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@FCTCofficial

4 years

On #WorldNoTobaccoDay 🚭, we call on Parties to protect adolescents and young people from the tobacco industry’s systematic and sustained efforts to hook them. 👉 #FCTCSavesLives #SpeakOut #TobaccoExposed

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