Category: World No Tobacco Day

A Call for Action: Responding to the Tobacco Epidemic and the Price of Cigarettes

Woman smoking tobacco

“Raising taxes to increase the price of tobacco products is the most effective means to reduce tobacco use and encourage smokers to quit.” – WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2013 Real People, Real Stories Mehmet Nuhoğlu started smoking when he was in middle school at the age of 12 after hearing that real Read More >

Posted on by Samira Asma, DDS, MPH - Chief, CDC Global Tobacco Control Branch1 Comment
Categories Archive, cancer, cardiovascular disease, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), tobacco
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