Rising number of countries are controlling tobacco but progress is slowing, WHO warns

More than 150 countries have now implemented one or more tobacco control measures—three times the 44 countries that had done so in 2007—but the pace of progress has been decelerating since 2018, the World Health Organization has said.1The global tobacco epidemic report, which was supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, found that the number of countries with two or more control measures in place has increased almost 10 fold since 2007—from just 11 to over 100 countries. Additionally, 48 countries now have at least three policies in place.Since 2020, two more countries—Mauritius and the Netherlands—have achieved best practice across all tobacco control policies, something only Brazil and Turkey had previously accomplished. “WHO stands ready to support all countries to follow their example and protect their people from this deadly scourge,” said WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.Around 1.3 million people are estimated to die from second hand smoke every year, WHO said.Steady…
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