What if we could save the lives of more than 5 million people every year? We can...Simply by reducing tobacco use, which takes that many lives annually worldwide. This issue of In Focus features the 2011 WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, which champions MPOWER—a six-point program to urge nations to monitor, implement and enforce tobacco-control measures. The issue also scrutinizes e-cigs, exemplifies graphic anti-tobacco warnings unveiled by the U.S. FDA for likely implementation this September, and presents highlights from CECHE’s immense array of anti-tobacco initiatives across the globe over the past two decades.
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