Zimbabwe: WHO Marks 10 Years of Tobacco Control

28 February 2015

The World Health Organisation yesterday celebrated 10 years of implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in the African region.

Tobacco kills an estimated 6 million people every year but due to the lag of several years between when people start using tobacco and when their health suffers, the epidemic of tobacco-related diseases and death is just beginning.

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