The rate of smoking in the world has decreased from 22.8% in 2007 to 17% in 2021. According to the report, every year about 1.3 million people die from secondhand smoke or secondhand tobacco smoke, all these deaths Completely preventable. This WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic is based on protecting people from secondhand smoke. Which highlights that almost 40 per cent of countries now have completely smoke-free indoor public spaces. Bengaluru has received a special mention in the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) report on tobacco control measures.
According to the report, putting up ‘no smoking’ signs, creating awareness about smoking and the effects of smoking has resulted in reduction of smoking in public places in the city. There has been a 27% reduction in tobacco use. In the last 15 years since WHO has implemented the mPower tobacco control measures in the world, there has been a massive decline in smoking rates. Due to MPOWER, more than 300 million people in the world have been saved from smoking. Went.
Fifteen years ago, WHO developed the MPOWER measure. MPOWER stands for
- M: monitor tobacco use and prevention policies
- P : protect people from tobacco smoke
- O: offer help to quit tobacco smoking
- W : warn about the dangers of tobacco
- E: enforce bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship
- R: Increase taxes on tobacco (raise taxes on tobacco)