Singh P K
World Health Organization, Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi, India.
Indian J Cancer. 2012 Oct-Dec;49(4):373-8. doi: 10.4103/0019-509X.107738.
The 11 member states of WHO's South-East Asia Region share common factors of high prevalence of tobacco use, practice of several forms of tobacco use, increasing prevalence of tobacco use among the youth and women, link of tobacco use with poverty, and influence of tobacco advertisements in propagating the use of tobacco, especially among young girls and women. The effects of tobacco use are many-fold, leading to high morbidity and mortality rates as well as loss of gross domestic product (GDP) to respective countries. The WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia has been actively involved in curbing this menace essentially by way of assisting member states in implementing the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). This paper gives an overview of these activities and discusses the opportunities and challenges in implementing the FCTC and possible practical solutions.
世界卫生组织东南亚区域的11个成员国存在一些共同因素，包括烟草使用率高、存在多种烟草使用形式、青年和女性中的烟草使用率不断上升、烟草使用与贫困的关联以及烟草广告在推广烟草使用方面的影响，尤其是对年轻女孩和女性。烟草使用的影响是多方面的，导致高发病率和死亡率，以及各国国内生产总值（GDP）的损失。世界卫生组织东南亚区域办事处一直积极参与遏制这一威胁，主要方式是协助成员国实施世界卫生组织《烟草控制框架公约》（FCTC）。本文概述了这些活动，并讨论了实施《烟草控制框架公约》的机遇和挑战以及可能的实际解决方案。
