Publications
Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS), Bhutan 2019
The Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) was developed by the Tobacco-FreeInitiative (TFI), World Health Organization (WHO) and the Office on Smoking andHealth...
Testing of tobacco and related products
The importance of laboratory testing of tobacco products is reflected in the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC)....
SEAR Tobacco Atlas
Executive summary Tobacco use has been identified as a major threat to health and development of the nations. Tobacco use and second-hand smoke lead to...
Seventh session of the conference of the parties to the WHO framework convention on tobacco control:...
The Seventh Session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (COP7) was held on 7–12 November 2016 in India....
Monitoring tobacco control among youth in countries of the South-East Asia Region: 2018
Following the publication of the 2nd edition of the brochure on “WHO FCTC indicators related to youth tobacco control” in 2014, this third...
Tobacco cessation remains a weak point in tobacco control in the South-East Asia Region (SEAR). Though there is clear scientific evidence that...
Use of flavoured smokeless tobacco and flavoured betel nut products is highly prevalent in the countries of the WHO South-East Asia Region including Bangladesh,...
Tobacco is the leading single risk factor that causes the highest number of preventable deaths (almost 1.58 million deaths each year), cardiovascular...
South-East Asia Regional Response Plan for Integration of TB and Tobacco - 2017-2021
The Regional TB Tobacco Response Plan for South-East Asia Region is prepared in view of many Member States facing the double burden of tobacco and tuberculosis....
Accelerating WHO FCTC Implementation in the WHO South-East Asia Region–a practical approach
The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is an evidence-based treaty that reaffirms the right of all people to the highest...
Tobacco Control for Sustainable Development
The global burden of tobacco use is well known and so are the adverse health, economic, social and environment consequences of tobacco use. Tobacco has...