Tobacco Control Report for the Region of the Americas. 2011
Abstract
Tobacco is one of the world’s leading causes of preventable
death and is responsible for roughly 1 million deaths
annually in the Americas. It is a risk factor for six of the
eight leading causes of death, and it is the only legal
product that kills from one-third to one-half of those who
use it exactly as intended by the manufacturer. Tobacco
not only harms the smoker; there is sufficient scientific
evidence that exposure to second-hand smoke causes
illness and death in nonsmokers as well. Reducing tobacco
use will save millions of lives and reverse the entirely
preventable tobacco epidemic.
Unanimously adopted by the 56th World Health Assembly
on 21 May 2003, the WHO Framework Convention on
Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) was the first step in the
global fight against the tobacco epidemic. The Convention
entered into force on 27 February 2005. Of the 193
WHO Member States, 174 are Parties to the Convention
(July 2011), making it one of the most rapidly embraced
treaties in United Nations history. The treaty presents a
blueprint for countries to reduce both the supply of and
demand for tobacco...
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