The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean organized an expert workshop to prepare new edition of the WHO advisory note on waterpipe tobacco smoking that was held in Cairo, Egypt from 30 to 31 March 2014. The workshop addressed the waterpipe epidemic from three perspectives: the scientific evidence; the current situation and identified gaps; and the way forward.
Summary report on the Expert workshop to prepare a new edition of the WHO advisory note on waterpipe tobacco smoking
Country fact sheets on Clearing the air: Measuring second-hand smoke
© World Health Organization 2012
These fact sheets provide a brief examination of compliance with smoke-free legislation in different public venues in selected countries from the Eastern Mediterranean Region. The countries include: Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Sudan and Yemen.
There is no safe level of exposure to second-hand smoke, which contributes to a range of serious and often fatal diseases. Completely smoke-free environments with no exceptions are the only proven way to protect people from second-hand smoke.
Fact sheets on second-hand smoke. Break free: Choose to breathe not to smoke
© World Health Organization 2001
This fact sheet package, developed on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day 2001 highlights frequently asked questions about second-hand smoke. It also discusses the: impact of second-hand smoke on the health of smokers and non-smokers; importance of smoke-free air; activities and deceptions of the tobacco industry; significance of religion in the Eastern Mediterranean Region and how it poses a real threat to the tobacco industry; and solutions to clean the air, ridding it of second-hand smoke.
Coveting Iran: The infiltration and exploitation of Iran by global cigarette companies
© World Health Organization 2001
This report reveals the importance placed on Iran by the entire tobacco industry, according to the industry’s internal documents obtained from court proceedings in the United States. The documents suggest that the multinational tobacco companies saw Iran not only as a market, but also as a conduit for the supply of contraband cigarettes to other countries.
The tobacco industry documents: What they are, what they tell us, and how to search them: A practical manual
© World Health Organization 2002
This publication tells the story of how a powerful industry was forced by US courts to reveal its innermost secret documents, documents that explain what nine tobacco companies knew, when they knew it and what they concealed from the public about their dangerous product. It also summarizes the major findings in the documents discovered during the Minnesota trial and demonstrates, how anyone can readily research the documents from several websites and the continuing value of these documents to journalists, public health workers, government officials and ordinary citizens.
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