Published on 30 Oct 2025
The WHO’s Global Tobacco Epidemic 2025 report, launched at the World Conference on Tobacco Control in Dublin with Bloomberg Philanthropies' support, highlights progress in global tobacco control.
It tracks six proven strategies under the MPOWER framework: Monitor tobacco use, Protect people from smoke, Offer help to quit, Warn about health dangers, Enforce bans on ads, and Raise taxes.
As of 2024, 110 countries implement at least one best-practice MPOWER measure, covering 62% of the global population, and 25 countries have adopted plain packaging.
India stands out for its graphic health warnings, its pioneering regulation of tobacco content in digital streaming platforms, and is the world’s second-largest producer and consumer of unmanufactured tobacco, producing nearly 770,000 tonnes annually.
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