A doctor takes a photo of an art installation with 321 pairs of shoes that signifies the deaths caused by smoking, in observance of the World No Tobacco Day, at the Lung Center of the Philippines in Quezon City, suburban Manila on May 31, 2022. AFPPIX: The World Health Organisation calls on all countries globally, including in the South-East Asia region, to take immediate and ongoing action to strengthen tobacco control.
“We must strengthen existing tobacco control measures including legal and regulatory mechanisms, as well tobacco cessation services, especially at the primary level,” she said in a statement. MPOWER is a policy package intended to assist in the country-level implementation of effective interventions to reduce the demand for tobacco.