World No Tobacco Day 2013 - Ban tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship

Every year, on 31 May, WHO and partners everywhere mark World No Tobacco Day. This year the theme is: “ban tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship”. Among other objectives, the campaign aims to encourage Parties to implement Article 13 of the WHO FCTC and the guidelines for its implementation. While Article 13 is among those in which the most progress has been made by Parties in recent years, challenges remain for many in introducing a comprehensive ban. In this context, action to accelerate implementation of Article 13 is still required.

• Full details of World No Tobacco Day 2013 are available here
• The guidelines on implementation of Article 13 are available here

The global progress report on the status of implementation of the WHO FCTC is now available in English, French and Spanish. The report provides a global overview of implementation of the Convention on the basis of the reports provided by the Parties in the 2012 reporting cycle, tracks progress between different reporting periods, provides key observations by article, and draws conclusions on overall progress, opportunities and challenges.

• The 2012 and previous global progress reports are available here

On 27 February 2013 the WHO FCTC marks eight years since its entry into force. Those years have seen remarkable progress.

• Read more here