FACTS

Discover the facts about smoking and the impact of tobacco use.

Tobacco and COVID-19 Hub

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With the COVID-19 pandemic, the entire world had to prioritise public health and brace for a critical strain on healthcare systems, society and the economy alike. More and more studies and information are highlighting the role tobacco use plays in placing an individual at a higher risk when exposed to COVID-19. In order to provide a hub for all the resources circulating on this and related topics, SFP has collected different outputs from its Coalition partners, public health organisations, media and institutions.The list will continue being updated with new information as the situation develops.

Illicit Trade - Facts and Fiction

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The purpose of this section, hosted in the Facts area of the SFP website, is to provide information, resources and evidence on illicit tobacco trade to partners and policy-makers, and to address tobacco industry narratives on illicit trade. 

Tobacco in low- and middle-income countries

If current patterns persist, smoking will kill more than 8 million a year by 2030, of which more than 80% will occur in low- and middle-income countries.

Tobacco and Poverty

Studies have shown that smoking is becoming increasingly concentrated in the lower socioeconomic groups.

The cost of tobacco use

Tobacco growth and use poses a heavy burden on governments and society as a whole.

Reproductive health and child and infant health

Maternal smoking during pregnancy is an important cause of ill health for both mother and fetus.

Global burden of tobacco use

Tobacco is the number one cause of preventable death in the world today.

Factsheet on tobacco and the Millennium Development Goals

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Factsheet on tobacco and the Global Health agenda

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Exposure to tobacco smoke

More than 79,000 adults died in 2002 as a result of passive smoking in 25 countries of the EU. A total of just over 19,000 of the deaths were among non-smokers.

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