ArticleTobacco control2024
Advancing progress on tobacco control in low-income and middle-income countries through economic analysis.
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- Facilitators and barriers to implementing smoke-free homes in Armenia: a qualitative study.Global health promotion · 2025Article
- Exposure to secondhand smoke and physical disabilities in non-smokers: A national cross-sectional study with cotinine measurements from NHANES 2013-2018.Tobacco induced diseases · 2025Article
- Smoking among Malaysian adults aged ≥15 years: A secondary dataset analysis of Global Adult Tobacco Survey-Malaysia 2023 (GATS-M 2023).Tobacco induced diseases · 2025Article
- Tobacco control in low-income and middle-income countries: findings from WHO FCTC investment cases.Tobacco control · 2024Article
- Equity implications of tobacco taxation: results from WHO FCTC investment cases.Tobacco control · 2024Article
- Evolving methodology of national tobacco control investment cases.Tobacco control · 2024Article
- Interpreting results, impacts and implications from WHO FCTC tobacco control investment cases in 21 low-income and middle-income countries.Tobacco control · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundMore than 80% of the world's 1.3 billion tobacco users live in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), where progress to address tobacco and its harms has been slow. The perception that tobacco control detracts from economic priorities has impeded progress. The Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) is leading the FCTC 2030 project, which includes technical assistance to LMICs to analyse the economic costs of tobacco use and the benefits of tobacco control.
methodsThe Secretariat of the WHO FCTC, United Nations Development Programme and WHO supported 21 LMICs between 2017 and 2022 to complete national investment cases to guide country implementation of the WHO FCTC, with analytical support provided by RTI International. These country-level cases combine customised estimates of tobacco's economic impact with qualitative analysis of socio-political factors influencing tobacco control. This paper overviews the approach, observed tobacco control advancements and learnings from 21 countries: Armenia, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Chad, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Eswatini, Georgia, Ghana, Jordan, Laos, Madagascar, Myanmar, Nepal, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tunisia and Zambia.
resultsTobacco control advancements in line with investment case findings and recommendations have been observed in 17 of the 21 countries, and many have improved collaboration and policy coherence between health and economic stakeholders.
conclusionsTobacco control must be seen as more than a health concern. Tobacco control leads to economic benefits and contributes to sustainable development. National investment cases can support country ownership and leadership to advance tobacco control.
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