Abstract
Tobacco consumption is a worldwide health problem threatening all, making no differentiation between gender, age, race, and cultural or educational background. Tobacco is responsible for 7 million deaths each year. Over 6 million deaths are directly related to tobacco consumption, and over 890.000 deaths involve non-smokers exposed to tobacco smoke. Although the harmful effects of cigarettes on human health have been confirmed repeatedly, still over 1 billion people worldwide are tobacco consumers, and according the World Health Organization (WHO), unless a strict action plan is implemented, tobacco-related deaths will rise to more than 8 million per year by 2030. The WHO published the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in 2003, which could form a common policy to guide countries in the struggle against tobacco. Tobacco control in the Convention is defined as "a range of supply, demand and harm reduction strategies that aim to improve the health of a population by eliminating or reducing their consumption of tobacco products and exposure to tobacco smoke." This agreement was adopted by Turkey in 2004 with the Law No. 5261. In 2008, the WHO published the MPOWER package, containing the following six basic strategies, which are parallel with the Tobacco Framework Convention measures and practices: Monitor tobacco use.Protect people from tobacco smoke.Offer help to quit tobacco use.Warn about the dangers of tobacco.Enforce bans on tobacco advertising and promotion.Raise taxes on tobacco products. In the 2013 Global Tobacco Control Report by the WHO, Turkey was announced as the first country achieving a high level of success in the six MPOWER strategies, and other countries were advised to adopt the Turkish policies. Here we review Turkey's MPOWER tobacco control strategies one by one.
Highlights
Tobacco consumption is a worldwide health problem threatening all, making no differentiation between gender, age, race, and cultural or educational background
Over 6 million deaths are directly related to tobacco consumption, and over 890.000 deaths involve non-smokers exposed to tobacco smoke
Over 6 million of these deaths are directly related to tobacco consumption, and over 890 000 deaths, on the other hand, involve non-smokers exposed to tobacco smoke [1]
Summary
Tobacco consumption is a worldwide health problem threatening all, making no differentiation between gender, age, race, and cultural or educational background. The use of tobacco and tobacco products has been restricted to at least 5-meter distance from the entrance doors of the places defined as closed areas used heavily and collectively by people, such as airports, bus terminals, train stations, shopping centers, cinemas, theaters, health institutions; for government organizations with designated smoking areas, which do not have more than 30% of open areas, at least 10 meters from the entrance door; in all public places used by children; walking paths; and public exercise areas established by institutions [14]. 4. Warn about the dangers of tobacco According to the Law No 4207 in Turkey, Turkish Radio and Television Corporation and national, regional, and local broadcasting private television and radio stations have to broadcast between 08:00 and 22:00 (at least 30 minutes at prime-time, 17:00–22:00, and at least 90 minutes per month in total) stimulating and educating programs on tobacco products and other harmful habits [34].
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