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To***co harms our 🌍 — from seed to smoke to waste.
Every year, an estimated 4.5 trillion cigarette butts are discarded into our streets, rivers, lakes, oceans, and soil. 🚬 These are not just litter; they are toxic waste.
Cigarette filters contain plastics and release harmful chemicals and microplastics into the environment, polluting ecosystems and threatening wildlife. ☠️🌊🐠
Addressing to***co's environmental footprint requires action across its entire lifecycle — from cultivation and production to consumption and disposal, including e-cigarettes.
On , Parties are called upon to fully implement Article 18 of the WHO FCTC, which addresses the protection of the environment and the health of persons in relation to to***co cultivation and manufacture.
It is time to hold the to***co industry accountable for the environmental damage and waste associated with its products. Protecting public health also means protecting our planet. 🌱
Learn more: https://fctc.who.int/newsroom/spotlight/environment
WHO FCTC
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The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is the response to the globalization of the tobacco
The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is the first international treaty negotiated under the auspices of WHO. It was adopted by the World Health Assembly on 21 May 2003 and entered into force on 27 February 2005. It has since become one of the most rapidly and widely embraced treaties in United Nations history. The WHO FCTC was developed in response to the globalization of the
02/06/2026
The WHO FCTC, the world’s first public health treaty, includes obligations on governments to prevent and reduce to***co consumption, ni****ne addiction and exposure to to***co smoke.
Article 14 of the WHO FCTC calls on Parties to implement evidence-based measures promoting to***co cessation and adequate treatment for to***co dependence. Measures to support to***co cessation include making national quitlines and counselling services available, integrating cessation interventions into primary health care, and facilitating affordable access to approved cessation medicines. In many countries, to***co users do not have access to such life-saving cessation support.
01/06/2026
📍Press release
World No To***co Day 2026: Protecting Future Generations and Supporting To***co Cessation
https://fctc.who.int/newsroom/news/item/29-05-2026-world-no-to***co-day-2026-protecting-future-generations-and-supporting-to***co-cessation
31/05/2026
🚭 Today is World No To***co Day
Protecting future generations starts with preventing to***co and ni****ne addiction before it begins.
💚 Support those who want to quit
🛡️ Protect children and young people from to***co industry targeting
🌍 Promote healthier, to***co-free communities
Together, we can create a healthier future for everyone.
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https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-no-to***co-day/2026
📣 Youth-oriented marketing of ni****ne products | 🚭
Ni****ne products are often promoted in ways that appeal to young people, including bright, colourful packaging 🎨 and sweet or fruity flavour descriptions 🍓🍬.
Research shows that this type of marketing can make these products more attractive to adolescents and may reduce the impact of health warnings ⚠️.
Flavours such as mint, fruit, candy, and bubblegum—and additives that make products taste smoother or sweeter—are often used to:
• mask the harshness of to***co 😶🌫️
• make initiation easier 🧠
• increase appeal among young people 👩🎓👨🎓
World Health Organization (WHO) warns that these design and marketing strategies contribute to youth uptake and increase the risk of ni****ne addiction ⚠️.
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🔗 https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-no-to***co-day
Almost 60% of to***co users wish they could quit.
That’s 750 million people worldwide.
With support, you CAN make your wish come true.
And quitting is the gift that keeps on giving:
⏱️ In 20 minutes, your heart rate drops
🫁 2–12 weeks, your lung function improves
❤️ 1 year, your risk of heart disease is cut in half
You can overcome addiction.
Help is available, quit today https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-no-to***co-day/2026
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27/05/2026
Did you know?
Around 15 million adolescents aged 13–15 worldwide already use e-cigarettes.
This is a public health emergency — and we all have a role to play.
Join the movement and take action ⬇️
🔗https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-no-to***co-day/2026
🚫 Ban flavours
Make flavours a thing of the past.
⚙️ Regulate product design
Less appealing. Less addictive. Less toxic. Less harm.
📦 Plain packaging
Reduce appeal. Save lives.
📢 Ban advertising, promotion and sponsorship
Out of sight. Out of mind.
🌿 To***co- and ni****ne-free public places
Clean air is everyone’s right. Protect people.
💙 Support quitting
Break the cycle of ni****ne addiction.
💰 Increase taxes
Less affordable. Less accessible.
26/05/2026
25/05/2026
Past , the Secretariat of the WHO FCTC delivered an intervention on Health in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The world remains off track to achieve the health-related by 2030. In this context, implementation of the WHO FCTC is not only a public health priority, but also a powerful accelerator of sustainable development.
Strong to***co control reduces , protects household incomes, safeguards the environment, and supports domestic resource mobilization.
Yet the global to***co epidemic continues to impede SDG progress, claiming more than 7 million lives every year, with a growing burden in LMICs.
It is essential to sustain strong global action to implement the WHO FCTC and the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in To***co Products.
We urge all governments to prioritize preventing ni****ne addiction among young people.
The Convention Secretariat stands ready to support Parties in accelerating progress towards the SDGs by 2030.
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