CD61.R12 - Strategy and Plan of Action to Strengthen Tobacco Control in the Region of the Americas 2025–2030

The 61st Directing Council, 

Having reviewed the Strategy and Plan of Action to Strengthen Tobacco Control in the Region of the Americas 2025–2030 (Document CD61/10), 

Recognizing that tobacco use continues to be one of the greatest threats to global public health and that, in addition to generating a heavy social, economic, and environmental burden for countries, it exacerbates household poverty and increases inequalities; 

Considering that, while conventional cigarettes remain the most widely used tobacco product, the use of electronic cigarettes is increasing among children and adolescents in some countries; 

Recognizing that there is abundant evidence and international consensus on how the tobacco epidemic and nicotine addiction should be addressed in a cost-effective manner through the implementation of the mandates of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products (the Protocol), the decisions taken by the Conference of the Parties to the FCTC and the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol, the World Health Organization (WHO) MPOWER package guidance, and the best buys for prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases...