The Sultanate is among the countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region that have achieved tobacco control best practice, with 12 per cent adult daily smoking prevalence, according to the WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2023 launched on Monday covering data until 2022. Best-practice is categorised as less than 15 per cent adult daily smoking prevalence.
Other ASEAN member countries that achieved best practice include Singapore (13 per cent) and Cambodia (14 per cent).
The country also received highest levels of achievement in tobacco control measures in ‘monitoring’, ‘smoke-free environment’, ‘health warning label’, and ‘national tobacco control programme’.
-- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin