Global Tobacco
Unless a significant portion of current smokers quit, tobacco use will cause approximately one billion deaths in this century – mostly in low and middle income countries. The use of effective tobacco control policies (including taxation, regulation, and education) is now common in developing countries, but is not regularly implemented in developing countries, where 80% of the world’s smokers live. The objective of CGHR’s Global Tobacco projects is to accelerate tobacco control in developing countries through evidence-based research of the:
- epidemiology of tobacco-related diseases and mortality;
- contribution of smoking to social inequalities in mortality;
- taxation and regulation policies for tobacco; and
- strategic monitoring and evaluation of tobacco control programs.
CGHR also provides scientific counsel to national governments regarding effective tobacco control policies.