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Geneva, 16 January 2024 — Globally there are 1.25 billion adult tobacco
users, according to the latest estimates in the World Health Organization (WHO)
tobacco trends report out today.
Trends in 2022 show a continued decline in tobacco use rates globally. With
about 1 in 5 adults worldwide consuming tobacco compared to 1 in 3 in 2000.
The report shows that 150 countries are successfully reducing tobacco use.
Brazil and the Netherlands are seeing success after they implemented MPOWER
tobacco control measures, with Brazil making a relative reduction of 35% since
2010 and the Netherlands on the verge of reaching the 30% target.
“Good progress has been made in tobacco control in recent years, but there is
no time for complacency. I’m astounded at the depths the tobacco industry will
go to pursue profits at the expense of countless lives. We see that the minute
a government thinks they have won the fight against tobacco the tobacco
industry seizes the opportunity to manipulate health policies and sell their
deadly products," says Dr Ruediger Krech, Director of WHO Department of Health
Promotion.
WHO urges countries to continue putting in place tobacco control policies and
continue to fight against tobacco industry interference.'
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