Full implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) main indicators in the 53 countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region
Indicator | Countries with full implementation |
Ratification of the WHO FCTC | 50 (94.3%) |
Raise tobacco taxes# | 29 (54.7%) |
Laws on smoke-free public places¶ | 10 (18.9%) |
Cessation programmes+ | 8 (15.1%) |
Ban on advertising, promotion and sponsorship§ | 4 (7.6%) |
Pictorial warnings labels on packagingƒ | 3 (5.7%) |
#: more than 75% of the price is tax; ¶: all public places are completely smoke-free or at least 90% of the population is covered by complete subnational smoke-free legislation; +: the country has a national quit line, and both nicotine replacement therapy and some cessation services are cost covered; §: a ban on all forms of direct and indirect advertising; ƒ: should be large, with all appropriate characteristics. Data from [17].