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 > The Consequences of Smoking > Women and Smoking > The Fight against Smoking dilluns, 21 de febrer de 2005
In their fight against smoking, healthcare organisations all over the world are now being joined by a growing number of states. The clearest demonstration of this is the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which has been ratified by over fifty countries and will come into force on the 27th of February.
This Convention, as its name denotes, has been promoted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and was drawn up as a response to the problem of smoking addiction, a disease that has reached global proportions. The main purpose of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is, then, to protect present and future generations from the devastating effects of smoking, from health, social, environmental and economic perspectives. With this in mind, it lays out a set of measures aiming to reduce consumption on a continuous basis. These measures include the banning of tobacco advertising and promotion, control of packaging and labelling and raising social awareness of the risks of smoking. The Convention plans to levy taxes and, potentially, to implement dissuasive prices and legislative measures to protect people from being exposed to tobacco smoke. The coming into force of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control represents a milestone in the fight against smoking. Nevertheless, it should be noted that of the 168 signatory states, only 57 have as yet ratified it.
 
The Consequences of Smoking)
+ The consumption of tobacco has reached the proportions of a global epidemic.
It is not surprising that tobacco addiction is more and more grabbing the attention of health authorities, international bodies and governments all over the world. One only has to look at the data compiled by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to realise that it is a major health and social problem. According to this organisation, smoking is the second most common cause of death in the world, with 5 million deaths a year, which may double by the year 2020 if current levels of consumption continue: at present, tobacco is responsible for the death of one in ten adults in the world.
Women and Smoking)
+ About 250 million women in the world are daily smokers.
Over the last few decades there has been a noticeable increase in tobacco consumption among women. So much so that there are currently 250 million women in the world who smoke on a daily basis: that's 22% of smokers in developed countries and 9% in developing countries. One cannot deny the role played by the tobacco industry, which, in its advertising campaigns, links female smokers with values such as modernity, liberation, emancipation…; a link that, naturally, is totally unfounded.
The Fight against Smoking
+ Italy has imposed a ban on smoking in public places.
As mentioned above, more and more states are adopting various measures to fight against tobacco addiction. In the spring of 2004, Ireland became the first European country to legally ban smoking in public spaces. Since then, this measure has also been adopted by Norway and Italy. Outside Europe, the United States and Australia are also at the forefront of the fight against smoking.
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