​International Stakeholders

World Health Organization (WHO) Tobacco Free Initiative
WHO Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI) is part of the Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health cluster at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The site offers global and country specific reports on tobacco control. The WHO also created and manages MPOWER, which outlines six policies to reverse the global tobacco epidemic.

Regional Offices for WHO Tobacco Free Initiative:

• Regional Office for Africa
• Regional Office for the Americas
• Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
• Regional Office for Europe
• Regional Office for South-East Asia
• Regional Office for the Western Pacific

WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2011: warning about the dangers of tobacco
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids – International
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK) has launched a global edition of its Web site with resources on several issues like advertising and promotion, smoke-free laws, warning labels, and taxation. The site includes several fact sheets and detailed information on priority countries. Global CTFK also launched Tobacco Control Laws Project which explores litigation and legislation on tobacco in over 150 countries.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the lead US federal agency for comprehensive tobacco prevention and control, and CDC's Office on Smoking and Health develops, conducts, and supports strategic efforts to protect the public's health from the harmful effects of tobacco use. CDC is the WHO Collaborating Center for Global Tobacco Surveillance and the technical agency for the Global Tobacco Surveillance System (GTSS).

Global Tobacco Surveillance System Data
Global Tobacco Surveillance System (GTSS) Atlas