Factsheets on WHO FCTC implementation through MPOWER in the WHO European Region (2020)

The seventh edition of the WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic was published in July 2019. The report provides comparable data to enable analysis at global, regional and country levels of progress towards protecting people from the devastating effects of tobacco use. This set of factsheets uses data from the latest WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic to look at the overall performance of MPOWER implementation in the Region compared with the global picture, then at each measure separately. As the set of factsheets shows, despite many achievements, progress in adoption and enforcement of tobacco control policies and measures remains uneven. Their implementation should be strengthened to ensure that no Member State is left behind and countries meet time-bound commitments set out in WHO FCTC and SDG targets relevant to tobacco control by 2030.