MPOWER tobacco control
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MPOWER is a policy package intended to assist in the country-level implementation of effective interventions to reduce the demand for tobacco, as ratified by the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.[1] The six evidence-based components of MPOWER are:
- Monitor tobacco use and prevention policies
- Protect people from tobacco smoke
- Offer help to quit tobacco use
- Warn about the dangers of tobacco
- Enforce bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship
- Raise taxes on tobacco
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Since its launch in New York City by WHO on 7 February 2008, MPOWER has become the internationally-applicable and now widely recognized summary of the essential elements of tobacco control strategy. “MPOWER is the only document of a somewhat strategic nature that is a source of information on the spread of tobacco epidemic, as well as of suggestions concerning specific actions for supporting the fight against this epidemic.”[2]
Incidentally, the WHO has developed several other technical policy packages: ACTIVE (physical activity), HEARTS (cardiovascular diseases), REPLACE (trans fat), SAFER (alcohol) and SHAKE (salt reduction).[3]