Tobacco Control in Developing Countries

Editors Prabhat Jha and Frank Chaloupka

Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Human Development Network, the World Bank, and The Economics Advisory Service, World Health Organization
Media Information

Tobacco Facts (PDF - 575KB) - Includes all Tobacco Facts from the Media Information Press Kit. To download each individual fact please click below on individual document.

Tobacco Myths Dispelled (
PDF - 155KB)

Tobacco: Fast Facts (
PDF - 209KB)

Fact 1: Price and Other Measures to Reduce Demand is Key to Tobacco Control (
PDF - 364KB)

Fact 2: Cigarette Smuggling is Not Only Determined by Price, and Can be Controlled (
PDF - 419KB)

Fact 3: Tobacco Control Does Not Harm the Economy (
PDF - 368KB)

Fact 4: Restricting Supply is Ineffective in Reducing Smoking (
PDF - 369KB)

Fact 5: Smoking and Smoking Deaths are More Common Among the Poor (
PDF - 331KB)

Fact 6: Tobacco is Becoming One of the Single Largest Causes of Death Worldwide (
PDF - 325KB)

Fact 7: A Quick Glance at the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (
PDF - 325KB)