{"id":4852,"date":"2019-12-23T14:56:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T18:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/?p=4852"},"modified":"2019-12-23T14:56:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T18:56:23","slug":"un-agency-says-tobacco-use-among-caribbean-men-at-its-peak-set-to-reverse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/23\/un-agency-says-tobacco-use-among-caribbean-men-at-its-peak-set-to-reverse\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Agency Says Tobacco Use Among Caribbean Men At Its Peak, Set To Reverse"},"content":{"rendered":"

(CMC) \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0The United Nations health agency has signalled that tobacco might be reaching burn-out among Caribbean men, predicting that two decades of increasing tobacco use around the world is set to go into reverse.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the first time, the number of tobacco users is declining worldwide,\u201d Dr Ruediger Krech, director of the Department of Health Promotion at the World Health Organization (WHO), told journalists in Geneva.<\/p>\n

In 2018, there were slightly more than a billion males using tobacco around the world, \u201cover 40 million more than in the year 2000,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut now, for the first time, we are seeing declines in use, with WHO projecting that there will be at least two million fewer men using tobacco in 2020, and five million less by 2025,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Describing the development as a \u201cpowerful shift in the global tobacco epidemic\u201d in view of the fact that more than four in five smokers are male, Dr. Krech said that it mirrors \u201cconsistent reductions\u201d by 100 million women since the turn of the century.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis progress proves that national tobacco control measures work,\u201d Dr. Krech insisted, citing taxation and controlled smoking areas in public places, and other legislation that prevents children from being exposed to tobacco.<\/p>\n

Showing that tobacco use can be reversed should also give Caribbean and other governments confidence that they can meet the global target of a 30 per cent reduction in tobacco use by 2025, the WHO official maintained.<\/p>\n

Despite the positive trend, however, he warned that the world is not on track to meet this target, noting also that more than eight million people die from tobacco use every year \u2013 about half of its users.<\/p>\n

WHO said more than seven million of those deaths are from direct tobacco use, while around 1.2 million fatalities are non-smokers exposed to second-hand smoke.<\/p>\n

In addition, WHO said most tobacco-related deaths occur in low and middle-income countries, such as those in the Caribbean \u2013 areas that are targets of intensive tobacco industry interference and marketing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot be satisfied with a slow decline when over a billion people are still using tobacco,\u201d Dr. Krech said. \u201cWe must dramatically accelerate tobacco control measures to prevent current and future generations from tobacco use.\u201d<\/p>\n

By 2020, WHO projects there will be 10 million fewer tobacco users worldwide, male and female, compared to 2018, and another 27 million less by 2025 \u2013 a total of 1.299 billion.<\/p>\n

According to WHO\u2019s global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000-2025, 60 per cent of countries have seen declining tobacco use since 2010.<\/p>\n

In welcoming the development, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described the reverse among men as a \u201cturning point\u201d in the fight against tobacco.<\/p>\n

Crediting Governments for \u201cbeing tougher\u201d on the tobacco industry, the WHO chief committed WHO to continue working closely with countries \u201cto maintain this downward trend\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cReductions in global tobacco use demonstrate that when governments introduce and strengthen their comprehensive evidence-based actions, they can protect the well-being of their citizens and communities,\u201d Dr. Krech added.<\/p>\n

Without identifying them, WHO said 15 countries in the Americas, which include the Caribbean, are on track to reach the 30 per cent tobacco use reduction target by 2030, \u201cmaking it the best performing of WHO\u2019s six regions\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(CMC) \u2013\u00a0The United Nations health agency has signalled that tobacco might be reaching burn-out among Caribbean men, predicting that two decades of increasing tobacco use around the world is set to go into reverse. \u201cFor 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