Mackay Judith Mary, Dorotheo E Ulysses, Assunta Mary, Ritthiphakdee Bungon
Director, Asian Consultancy on Tobacco Control, Hong Kong, SAR China
Special Advisor, Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC), Hong Kong, SAR China.
Tob Control. 2022 Mar;31(2):146-149. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056801.
For many decades, the international tobacco industry has set its sights on Asia, due to the large population numbers, the high prevalence of male smokers who might shift to its brands, and the extremely low number of female smokers who could possibly be induced into starting smoking. Because of US trade threats against several Asian countries in the 1980s, Asia became quickly aware that tobacco control involved politics, legislation, economics and trade. Several Asian jurisdictions pioneered tobacco control measures, and the Western Pacific is still the only WHO region where all countries have ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). Progress needs to be accelerated to reduce the still high male smoking prevalence and maintain the low female prevalence by fully implementing the WHO FCTC as part of achieving sustainable development, even while grappling with the looming epidemic of new products, holding the companies accountable, and protecting tobacco control policies against constant industry interference.
几十年来，国际烟草业一直将目光投向亚洲，这是因为亚洲人口众多，有大量男性吸烟者可能转而吸食其品牌香烟，而且女性吸烟者数量极少，有可能被诱导开始吸烟。由于20世纪80年代美国对几个亚洲国家的贸易威胁，亚洲很快意识到烟草控制涉及政治、立法、经济和贸易。几个亚洲司法管辖区率先采取了烟草控制措施，西太平洋地区仍是世卫组织所有国家均已批准《世界卫生组织烟草控制框架公约》（《烟草控制框架公约》）的唯一世卫组织区域。需要加快进展，通过全面实施《烟草控制框架公约》来降低仍然很高的男性吸烟率，并保持较低的女性吸烟率，以此作为实现可持续发展的一部分，即便同时要应对新产品迅速流行的问题，追究公司责任，并保护烟草控制政策免受行业的持续干扰。
