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Potential cancer burden averted through full implementation of WHO MPOWER tobacco control policies in the Eastern Mediterranean Region and East-Asian

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Tobacco smoking remains the leading preventable cause of cancer worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) introduced the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control MPOWER policy package (Monitor, Protect, Offer, Warn, Enforce, and Raise) in 2008 to accelerate tobacco control measures and reduce smoking prevalence worldwide. While these measures have been successfully implemented in many high-income countries in Europe and North America, substantial gaps persist across other WHO regions. This study aimed to quantify the potential number of cancer cases that could be prevented in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) and East Asia under scenarios of full MPOWER implementation.

Source: EClinicalMedicine

DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2026.103960

Authors: Saeed Nemati, Xiaoshuang Feng, Negar Taheri, Mojtaba Vand Rajabpour, Mattias Johansson, Mahdi Sheikh

Institutions: Centre international de recherche sur le cancer, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Smoking Behavior and Cessation

Subfield: Physiology (medical)

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $5,780