Tobacco kills: It shouldn’t be advertised, glamorized or subsidized
© World Health Organization 2003
This publication focuses on the role of films and entertainment in fostering a worldwide epidemic and urges them to stop being used as vehicles of death and disease. The world of films and entertainment cannot be accused of causing cancer, but they do not have to promote a product that does.
Tobacco-free sports: Towards a tobacco-free generation
© World Health Organization 2002
This publication highlights the global campaign launched by WHO and its partners to clean sports of all forms of tobacco consumption, exposure to secondhand smoke, and tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship. WHO urges people everywhere to take back their right to health and healthy living, and to protect future generations from the preventable death and disease caused by tobacco.
Tobacco-free cities for smoke-free air: A case study in Mecca and Medina
© World Health Organization 2011
This publication is one in a series of nine case studies of cities that have engaged in the process of becoming smoke-free. It provides lessons learned in relation to political commitment for local action towards smoke-free air for their citizens, and the role of civil society in urging city governments to take action, helping them to build effective partnerships and to conduct awareness campaigns that benefit enforcement and maximize compliance.
This publication series is a joint project between the WHO Centre for Health Development, Kobe and the WHO Tobacco Free Initiative.
