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The Impact of Tobacco Use on Acute Respiratory Infections: Risks and Strategies for Control

Tobacco use significantly increases the risk of death from acute respiratory infections (ARIs), accounting for approximately 241,000 deaths annually. Adult smokers face heightened vulnerability to severe cases of pneumonia, influenza, and tuberculosis. Additionally, children in smoking households are twice as likely to need hospitalization for ARIs. As smoking declines in developed nations but rises in developing regions, the burden of tobacco-related diseases shifts. The WHO’s MPOWER strategy offers vital guidance for tobacco control, emphasizing monitoring, protection, cessation support, and public awareness.

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The Impact of Tobacco Use on Acute Respiratory Infections: Risks and Strategies for Control

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  1. Tobacco ARIAtlas.org

  2. Tobacco use increases the risk of death from ARIs. Source: ARIAtlas.org, World Lung Foundation 2010

  3. Global Impact • Tobacco use is associated with some 241,000 deaths from acute respiratory infections annually. Adult smokers are more vulnerable to pneumonia, influenza, and TB, and their infections are generally more severe.

  4. Global Impact • Smoking in the household can impair the lung function of children. If a parent smokes, a child is approximately twice as likely to develop an acute respiratory infection severe enough to require hospitalization. • The burden of disease associated with tobacco will shift as smoking declines in developed countries and continues to increase in the developing world.

  5. Actions That Make a Difference • WHO’s MPOWER strategy provides an evidence-based roadmap to policymakers, advocates, and public health practitioners promoting tobacco control: • Monitor tobacco use and prevention policies • Protect people from tobacco smoke

  6. Actions That Make a Difference • Offer help to quit tobacco use • Warn about the dangers of tobacco • Enforce bans on tobacco advertising, promotion,andsponsorship • Raise taxes on tobacco

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