The WHO European Region is projected to miss its targets for tobacco-use reduction by 2025. Considering people with mental health conditions consume 44% of all cigarettes in western countries, addressing the needs of this group of people reveals unrealized potential in tobacco control and would contribute significantly to the movement towards a tobacco-free world. In September 2018, the third high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) committed to the so-called 5X5 NCD agenda, which specifies five conditions and five risk factors common to all NCDs.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/tobacco-use-and-mental-health-policy-brief-2020
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Tobacco-use-and-mental-health.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/who-regional-office-europe
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tobacco
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/smoking
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mental-health
