World Bank2012-08-132012-08-132003-07https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9730The note looks at tobacco from the health perspective, and at how to reduce its use, since smoking is becoming the single biggest cause of death worldwide, particularly affecting the developing countries, where most of the world's smokers live. It thus looks at the correlation between smoking and poverty, stating smoking prevalence tends to be higher among men with less education, and with lower incomes, hence bearing greater health risks. Because of the highly addictive factor of nicotine, smoking initiation should be discouraged, persuading particularly the young, in an aim to reduce disease, and death resulting from tobacco use. Towards this effort, the World Health Organization, the Bank, and other agencies are becoming partners to improve health, and to this end, an International Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is being negotiated, while further efforts are led by nongovernmental organizations, and nationally particularly as taxation is the most effective way to reduce tobacco use. The note also outlines evidence that results are best achieved within comprehensive measures to reduce tobacco use; that job losses in tobacco farming, and manufacturing, are to be offset by jobs in other sectors, responsive to changed expenditure patterns; and, that while most measures to reduce tobacco supply are ineffective, smuggling control is however, the key supply-side measure to pursue. [Revised February 2011]CC BY 3.0 IGOHEALTH IMPACTSTOBACCOHEALTH HAZARDSSMOKINGPOVERTY INCIDENCEPREMATURE DEATHDISEASE CONTROLDISEASE PREVENTION & CONTROLPRICE INCREASESRESTRICTIONSHEALTH WARNINGSINFORMATION DISSEMINATIONADDICTIONNICOTINEECONOMIC POLICY POLITICAL ASPECTSSOCIAL PRESSUREINTEREST GROUPSADDICTIONADMINISTERING TOBACCO TAXESADULT SMOKINGADVERSE HEALTHADVERSE HEALTH IMPACTAGEDAGGRESSIVEAGGRESSIVE CIGARETTE MARKETINGAVERAGE AGECANCERSCARE PROVIDERSCESSATION ADVICECESSATION PROGRAMSCESSATION THERAPIESCIGARETTECIGARETTE ADVERTISINGCIGARETTE ADVERTISING REVENUESCIGARETTE BOXESCIGARETTE PACKAGESCIGARETTE PACKSCIGARETTE SALESCIGARETTESCIRCULATORY DISEASESCOMPREHENSIVE BANSCONSUMER INFORMATIONCROP SUBSTITUTIONDEATHS FROM TOBACCODEMAND FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTSDISPOSABLE INCOMEECONOMICS OF TOBACCO CONTROLEX-SMOKERSFAMILIESHEALTH CAREHEALTH FACILITIESHEALTH RISKSHEALTH WARNINGSHEART DISEASEILL HEALTHLAWSLOW BIRTH WEIGHTLOW BIRTH WEIGHT INCIDENCENATIONAL TOBACCO CONTROL EFFORTSNET JOB LOSSESNICOTINENICOTINE ADDICTIONNICOTINE REPLACEMENTNON-PRICE MEASURESNUTRITIONPACK INFORMATIONPHYSICIANSPOTENTIAL SMOKERSPREMATURE DEATHPREVENTIVE MEDICINEPRICE INCREASESPRICE RISEPROMOTION OF TOBACCOPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC PLACESPUBLIC SPACESRESEARCH PROGRAMSRESPIRATORY DISEASESSCHOOLSSECOND-HAND SMOKESMOKE-FREE WORKPLACESSMOKERSMOKERSSMOKERS NUMBERSMOKINGSMOKING IN PUBLICSMOKING INITIATIONSMOKING PREVALENCESMOKING RATESSOCIAL ISSUESSOCIAL NORMSSOCIAL PRESSURESSOCIETAL ATTITUDESSUPPLY-SIDE MEASURETAXES ON CIGARETTESTOBACCOTOBACCO ADVERTISINGTOBACCO CONTROLTOBACCO DEATHSTOBACCO FARMINGTOBACCO INDUSTRYTOBACCO PREVALENCE STUDIESTOBACCO PREVENTIONTOBACCO PRICE/CONSUMPTION RELATIONSHIPTOBACCO PRODUCT DESCRIPTORSTOBACCO PRODUCT PRICE INCREASESTOBACCO PRODUCT SALESTOBACCO PRODUCTSTOBACCO PRODUCTS FALLSTOBACCO SMOKETOBACCO SMUGGLINGTOBACCO TAXTOBACCO TAX INCREASESTOBACCO TAXESTOBACCO USETRADE RESTRICTIONSVENDING MACHINESWARNING LABELSYOUNG PEOPLEYOUTHYOUTH ACCESS RESTRICTIONSYOUTH ACCESS TO TOBACCOYOUTH GROUPS HEALTH IMPACTSTOBACCOHEALTH HAZARDSSMOKINGPOVERTY INCIDENCEPREMATURE DEATHDISEASE CONTROLDISEASE PREVENTION & CONTROLPRICE INCREASESRESTRICTIONSHEALTH WARNINGSINFORMATION DISSEMINATIONADDICTIONNICOTINEECONOMIC POLICY POLITICAL ASPECTSSOCIAL PRESSUREINTEREST GROUPSWorld Bank10.1596/9730