Surveillance and monitoring
WHO
The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) requires its Parties to regularly collect national data on the magnitude, patterns, determinants and consequences of tobacco use and exposure.
Through surveillance and monitoring of tobacco, the WHO Tobacco Free Initiative seeks to improve the availability of surveillance data on tobacco use, exposure and related health outcomes.
In particular, WHO works with its Member States and other partners to:
- encourage the use of standards and scientific and evidence-based protocols for tobacco surveys
- build capacity on conducting and implementing surveys, as well as disseminating and using their results
- develop, maintain and report data on tobacco control policies and health outcomes related to tobacco use and exposure
Related publications
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Tobacco questions for surveys
A subset of key questions from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey
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WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2011
Warning about the dangers of tobacco
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Global estimate of the burden of disease from second-hand smoke