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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Afghanistan tobacco industry profile

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

This fact sheet gives an overview of the tobacco industry profile in Afghanistan.

Fact sheetTobacco use

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Effectiveness of large pictorial health warnings on tobacco packages: A review of the global evidence

Report

17 Oct 2018

This report presents research evidence on the effectiveness of large pictorial warnings on tobacco product packaging. It is intended to assist policy-makers and key stakeholders in adopting strong, evidence-based tobacco product packaging and labelli...

ReportHealth promotionSocial determinants of healthTobacco use+1

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Importance of surveillance in preventing and controlling noncommunicable diseases

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

This information sheet provides answers to frequently asked questions on noncommunicable disease surveillance, the WHO STEPwise approach to surveillance, and the rationale for investment into noncommunicable surveillance in the region of the Eastern...

Fact sheetHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health care

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Implementing the WHO recommendations on the marketing of food and non-alcoholic beverages to children in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Report

17 Oct 2018

This report provides a situational analysis of the progress made in the Eastern Mediterranean Region in implementing the WHO recommendations and identifies issues Member States need to consider when adopting policies intended to restrict the marketin...

ReportNutrition and food safetySocial determinants of healthUnhealthy diets+1

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Illicit trade: The tobacco industry’s role

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

This fact sheet shows the evidence of the direct and indirect involvement of the tobacco industry in cigarette smuggling. This fact sheet states that evidence of complicity of the tobacco industry in cigarette smuggling extends to Lebanon and the Mid...

Fact sheetTobacco use

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Illicit tobacco trade: Taxation and illicit trade

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

This fact sheet shows that the tobacco industry has claimed that high taxes drive smuggling and has sometimes argued successfully to governments that they should not increase tobacco tax because this will increase the level of smuggling.

Fact sheetTobacco use

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Illicit tobacco trade: Immediate action in 10steps

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

This fact sheet covers the 10 different steps that are suggested in order to combat the illicit trade and smuggling of tobacco. It states 10 comprehensive steps that should be taken in order to ensure that the problem of illicit tobacco trade can be...

Fact sheetTobacco use

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Illicit tobacco trade: Immediate action in 10steps

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

This fact sheet covers the 10 different steps that are suggested in order to combat the illicit trade and smuggling of tobacco. It states 10 comprehensive steps that should be taken in order to ensure that the problem of illicit tobacco trade can be...

Fact sheetTobacco use

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Illicit tobacco trade: Immediate action in 10 steps

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

This fact sheet covers the 10 different steps that are suggested in order to combat the illicit trade and smuggling of tobacco. It states 10 comprehensive steps that should be taken in order to ensure that the problem of illicit tobacco trade can be...

Fact sheetTobacco use

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Illicit tobacco trade: Facts and figures on the illicit tobacco trade

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

This fact sheet shows how tobacco is an attractive product to smugglers because the tax on tobacco is a high proportion of price, thus evading tax by diverting tobacco products onto the illicit market (where sales are largely tax-free) creates a cons...

Fact sheetTobacco use

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Assessing national capacity for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases: Report of the 2015 country capacity survey in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Report

17 Oct 2018

This regional report of the 2015 country capacity survey offers an overview of the current capacities of the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region to respond to noncommunicable diseases, particularly in the four key areas of governance, preve...

ReportAccess to essential medicines and servicesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health care+1

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Djibouti Tobacco Industry Profile

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

This fact sheet gives an overview of the tobacco industry profile in Djibouti.

Fact sheetTobacco use

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