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Tobacco control surveillance is important because:
- It produces regular, representative and comparable data that can be analyzed at different levels.
- It includes epidemic surveillance data about tobacco consumption and should monitor social, economic and health indicators.
- It allows information exchange to implement and evaluate measures for tobacco control and its impact on the population.
Tobacco control commitments:
- Noncommunicable diseases Global Monitoring Framework 2013-2025, that sets as one of its goals reducing tobacco use by 30%
- Tobacco control was included on UN Sustainable Development Goals 3A, urging to strengthen the implementation of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in all countries.
Mandates and strategies
- Plan of Action for the Prevention and Control of NCDs
- Strategy for the Prevention and Control of NCDs
- The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) - 2003
- WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) - 2003 (Resolution)
- WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC): Opportunities and Challenges for its Implementation in the Region of the Americas - 2010
- Strengthening the Capacity of Member States to Implement the Provisions and Guidelines of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control - 2010 (Resolution)
- WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC): Opportunities and Challenges for its Implementation in the Region of the Americas - 2008 (Resolution)