Sunday 31 May is World No Tobacco Day 2015

According to the World Health Organization, one in every 10 cigarettes, and many other tobacco products, consumed worldwide are illegal, making the illicit trade of tobacco products a major global concern from many perspectives, including health, legal, economic, governance and corruption.

The tobacco industry and criminal groups are among those who profit from the illegal tobacco trade, leaving the public to pay the health and security costs.

Find out more about the different aspects of tobacco control through the informative these three informative fact sheets produced by the Framework Convention Alliance available in English, French and Spanish:

Fact sheet 1: NOW is the time to raise tobacco taxes

Fact sheet 2: Tax increases don’t need to wait for the Illicit Trade Protocol

Fact sheet 3: Does the tobacco industry have a tracking and tracing system that governments can use

Did you miss the Special Edition Member Newsletter on Tobacco Control?

In anticipation of World No Tobacco Day, the last UICC Member Newsletter was a Special Edition on Tobacco Control which highlighted the global challenges and opportunities in tobacco control, and provided some examples of the diverse initiatives that UICC members and partners are involved in.

UICC Member Feedback: Are you currently implementing tobacco control initiatives or would like to learn more?

Please take 5 minutes to complete the following survey. We will use this to help identify UICC members that are active in tobacco control and create a network that can share resources, expertise and explore the potential for collaboration. The results of the survey will be analysed and shared on the UICC website. 

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE UICC MEMBER FEEDBACK

Promoting tobacco control in the workplace

UICC and BUPA have produced the Quit smoking guide: Less Smoking, Better Business to support employers to set up tobacco cessation initiatives as part of their wider health employee programmes.

Op-Ed: Tobacco Taxes Too Effective to Overlook in Financing for Development

by Katie Dain
Executive Director of the Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Alliance

Op-Ed: Get our Children Before They Turn 26 Years of Age

by HRH Princess Dina Mired
Executive Director of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation

"We must continue to work together to raise awareness and empower the public, and specifically youth, with the knowledge and facts in order for them to no longer be victims of the tobacco industry but to empower them to take an essential role in the tobacco movement and fight."

Watch the "WHO: World No Tobacco Day 2015 - Stop illicit trade of tobacco products​" video below

Visit the WHO World No Tobacco Day Page for more information

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