The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) and its guidelines provide the foundation for countries to implement and manage tobacco control. To help make this a reality, WHO introduced the MPOWER measures. These measures are intended to assist in the country-level implementation of effective interventions to reduce the demand for tobacco, contained in the WHO FCTC.
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The world's solution
174Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
See the list of PartiesTobacco's toll
< 6 millionpeople die from tobacco use and exposure to tobacco smoke (one death every six seconds)
See the tobacco fact sheetNoncommunicable diseases (NCDs)
63%of all deaths are caused by NCDs, for which tobacco use is one of the greatest risk factors
WHO global status report on NCDs