Table 3.

Key points

• No country has adopted a truly comprehensive programme on tobacco control, so all nations have some “unfinished business”

• Health professionals should set an example by not smoking

• All public places and workplaces should become smoke free

• Adequate funding and political support should be available for sustained and sophisticated public education campaigns

• Traditional and emerging forms of tobacco advertising should be eliminated

• Effective action is needed on tobacco smuggling

• Legislation on production, packaging, sale, and use of tobacco products should be integrated

• International action—via the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control—is vital in countering the tobacco industry's activities