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Tobacco control

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Tobacco is responsible for close to five million deaths per annum globally. As an advocate of the reduction of the prevalence of risk factors associated with cardiovascular deaths, the World Heart Federation is naturally in favour of strong limitations to active and passive smoking.
The World Heart Federation implemented, alongside other organizations, its own code of practice that aims at promoting tobacco limitations within the organization itself.
The World Heart Federation and its member organizations are also intensively involved in multiple tobacco control advocacy activities.

Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) is designed to protect present and future generations from the consequences of consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke by strengthening tobacco control initiatives around the world. An initiative of the WHO, the FCTC is governed by the Conference of the Parties – i.e. all countries that have ratified the Framework Convention. The World Heart Federation together with other members of civil society played a key role in assuring a strong Framework Convention.
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The Global Smoke Free Partnership is a multi-partner initiative with the goal to promote effective smoke-free air policies worldwide. The partnership works by helping practitioners and supporters of smoke-free policies to access the evidence, request assistance from a network of experts, take action in support of smoke-free policies. The partnership brings together various organizations, among them the World Heart Federation, which advocates for the reinforcement of anti-tobacco policies.
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