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Tobacco Control To Improve Child Health And Development: WHO Report

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eMediNexus    17 March 2021

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new report, titled ‘Tobacco Control To Improve Child Health And Development’ that calls for increasing awareness among practitioners and policymakers about the significance of robust tobacco control measures in order to protect the health and development of children. This includes ban on tobacco advertising, implementation of 100% smoke-free environments and increasing the taxes on tobacco.

Dr Vinayak M Prasad, Unit Head, No Tobacco (TFI) at the WHO Department of Health Promotion, has stated that creating comprehensive smoke-free policies leads to increased benefits, particularly when the policies are enforced appropriately, without any exceptions… (WHO, March 16, 2021)

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