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Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI)

World No Tobacco Day, 31 May 2008

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Theme: Tobacco-Free Youth
World No Tobacco Day 2008 campaigns for a Tobacco-Free Youth and calls policy-makers, young people, NGOs and the public to "Break the tobacco marketing net".

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PRESS RELEASES

25 November 2008
The Third Session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO FCTC drew to a successful close on Saturday 22 November in Durban, South Africa.
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19 September 2008
Marketers of electronic cigarettes should halt unproved therapy claims
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10 facts on the tobacco epidemic and its control

HIGHLIGHTS

WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: a powerful tool
17 November 2008
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WHO welcomes smoking ban at UN headquarters
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The 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH)
8-12 March 2009
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The MPOWER strategies
New WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic

WHO welcomes new resources to fight tobacco use
23 July 2008
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Tobacco Free Initiative in the WHO Regional Offices

- Regional Office for Africa
- Regional Office for the Americas/Pan American Health Organization
- Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
- Regional Office for Europe
- Regional Office for South-East Asia
- Regional Office for the Western Pacific Region

WHO FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON TOBACCO CONTROL

Parties: 161
The WHO FCTC entered into force on 27 February 2005

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Guinea-Bissau
07 November 2008

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WHO FCTC
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BLOOMBERG INITIATIVE

Bloomberg Initiative to reduce tobacco use
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LATEST PUBLICATION

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WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2008
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