Al-Lawati Jawad, Mabry Ruth M, Al-Busaidi Zakiya Q
Directorate General of Health Affairs, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman.
Office of the World Health Organization, Muscat, Oman.
Oman Med J. 2017 Jan;32(1):3-14. doi: 10.5001/omj.2017.02.
Tobacco use is the world's leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality. Although Oman remains a country with the lowest tobacco use in the Arab Gulf States, the prevalence of tobacco use is projected to increase to 33.3% by 2025. In 2005, Oman acceded to the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, an international treaty with numerous obligations aiming to reduce the global burden of tobacco use. This paper documents, for the first time, Oman's experience in tobacco control by providing a descriptive analysis of the evolution of tobacco control policies in relation to the country's international obligations. In order to curb tobacco use and maintain current low prevalence levels, the paper concludes that Oman needs to accelerate action in adopting the highest attainable policies recommended by the World Health Organization's MPOWER package.
烟草使用是全球可预防发病和死亡的首要原因。尽管阿曼仍是阿拉伯海湾国家中烟草使用率最低的国家，但预计到2025年，烟草使用率将升至33.3%。2005年，阿曼加入了世界卫生组织的《烟草控制框架公约》，这是一项包含众多旨在减轻全球烟草使用负担义务的国际条约。本文首次通过对与该国国际义务相关的烟草控制政策演变进行描述性分析，记录了阿曼在烟草控制方面的经验。为了遏制烟草使用并维持当前的低流行水平，本文得出结论，阿曼需要加快行动，采用世界卫生组织“MPOWER”系列建议的可实现的最高政策。
