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Conteúdo atualizado em: 27/05/2022
Strategy and Plan of Action to Strengthen Tobacco Control
Region of the Americas 2018-2022 (PAHO/WHO)
Poisoning our planet #Tobacco Exposed
"Throughout its lifecicle. Tobacco pollutes the planet & damages the health of all people". (PAHO/WHO)
Tobacco and environment
"The harmful impact of the tobacco industry on the environment is vast and growing adding unnecessary pressure to our planet’s already scarce resources and fragile ecosystems".(PAHO/WHO)
Smoking and Covid-19
"COVID-19 is an infectious disease that primarily attacks the lungs. Smoking impairs lung function making it harder for the body to fight off coronaviruses and other diseases".(PAHO/WHO)
Results on VHL
Publications
- Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products
- It’s time to invest in cessation: the global investment case for tobacco cessation. Methodology and results summary
- The tobacco body
- WHO technical manual on tobacco tax policy and administration
- Public Health Policies on Psychoactive Substance Use: A Manual for Health Planners
See more
- 1 June, 2022 - Event: "World No Tobacco Day Regional Webinar: Tobacco, a threat to our planet"
- Talking trash: Behind the tobacco industry's 'green' public relations (Event)
- Smoking & Tobacco Use - CDC
- Tobacco - WHO
- Tobacco - health topics - WHO
- VHL - Windows of Knowledge - Neglected Infectious Diseases (NID)
- Tobacco control
- Information sheet: measuring priority emissions in heated tobacco products, importance for regulators and significance for public health
