
World No Tobacco Day 2025
31 May
Bright products. Dark intentions.
Unmasking the Appeal
Appealing flavours, but hidden dangers.
Shameless manipulation of our children, for industry profit.
Every day, tobacco and nicotine industries use carefully engineered products and deceptive tactics to hook a new generation of users and keep existing ones.
Keep the industry out.
Global event recording
The tobacco trap







Tobacco and nicotine industries use insidious strategies to make their harmful products appealing, especially to young people.
Manipulative product designs, attractive flavours, and glamourized marketing create a false sense of security and evoke desirability. We need to break the illusion.
Nicotine and tobacco products are highly addictive and designed to sustain use, trapping users in a cycle of dependence. Additives mask the harshness of tobacco, making it easier to start and harder to quit. No more ‘candy coating’.
Removing the appeal of these products through stricter regulations is essential to protecting current and future generations from harm. Don’t let the tobacco and nicotine industries trick people with their playbook.
Let’s stand together and make it crystal clear: No more tricks, no more traps.
JOIN THE MOVEMENT: TAKE ACTION
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Publications
Information sheet: Manipulation and marketing strategies used by tobacco and nicotine industries to promote their products
Information Sheet: The role of flavours in increasing the appeal of tobacco, nicotine and related products
Information sheet: Flavour accessories in tobacco products enhance attractiveness and appeal
Information sheet: Understanding the design features of tobacco, nicotine and related products and their possible effects
Electronic cigarettes: call to action
WHO clinical treatment guideline for tobacco cessation in adults
Restricting digital marketing in the context of tobacco, alcohol, food and beverages, and breast-milk substitutes: existing approaches and policy options
Heated tobacco products: summary of research and evidence of health impacts
Heated tobacco products: information sheet - 2nd edition
Fact sheet: waterpipe tobacco smoking and health
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