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Nearly two-thirds of all countries (covering 63 percent of the world’s population) meet the highest standard on at least one WHO tobacco control measure as of 2017. These measures include graphic warning labels, laws prohibiting smoking in public places, taxes on cigarettes, quit lines and other cessation support, and anti-smoking public awareness campaigns. In 2007, only 42 countries had at least one such measure in place.
78
The number of countries that include large graphic warning labels on cigarette packages. In 2007, only nine countries did. The United States does not.
55
The number of countries that have comprehensive laws banning smoking in public places. In 2007, only 20 countries did. The United States does not, though many individual states do.
26
The number of countries that offer a national quit line and other accessible smoking-cessation support, up from 11 in 2007. The United States does offer this, at 1-800-QUIT-NOW and https://smokefree.govopens in new window.
Source: WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2017. Available at www.who.int/tobacco/global_report/enopens in new window.
