WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
Egypt Tobacco Industry Profile
Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
This fact sheet gives an overview of the tobacco industry profile in the Egypt.
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
World Health Organization
Guidance Note on the Integration of NCDs into the UNDAF
Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
This Guidance Note is intended to assist those who are developing United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) to strengthen the integration of NCDs into the UNDAF process, within the context of the United Nations Development Group’s (UN...
World Health Organization
Climate Change and Health
Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
An overview of climate change and health, including key facts and WHO's leadership and coordination role.
World Health Organization
Did you know: climate action by finance ministers can strengthen public health
Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
WHO fact sheet with key message on climate change and health for finance ministers: you can increase economic efficiency, increase revenue, improve health and address climate change by considering health issues when developing climate...
World Health Organization
Did you know: climate action by the general public can strengthen public health
Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
WHO fact sheet with key message on climate change and health for the general public: You can improve your health, and the health of your community by taking action on climate change. Act Now!