WHO launched its seventh Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic which analyses national efforts to reduce demand for tobacco.
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Tobacco use has declined proportionately in most countries, but population growth means the total number of people using tobacco has remained stubbornly high.
Currently, there are an estimated 1.1 billion smokers, around 80% of whom live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Many governments are making progress in the fight against tobacco, with 5 billion people today living in countries that have introduced smoking bans, graphic warnings on packaging and other effective tobacco control measures - four times more people than a decade ago.
The greatest growth in population coverage was seen in tobacco taxation. The population coverage from this MPOWER policy has almost doubled from 8% in 2016 to 14% in 2018.
Brazil has become the second, after Turkey, to fully implement all the MPOWER measures at the highest level of achievement.
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