Different registries of prevention and health promotion interventions exist. They usually indicate the level of effectiveness of the interventions listed, making it possible to identify those considered effective or promising.

These registries can help decision-makers and local actors to choose the interventions that suit their needs. They can also help them to construct a prevention strategy that integrates feedback from interventions that have already been conducted and evaluated.

Activities to raise public awareness of tobacco issues can be very costly, and particularly in the case of media campaigns.

This can be a critical aspect of awareness policies, especially for countries with limited financial resources. That is why, when planning public awareness activities, the mobilisation of resources must be an integral part of the action plan and overall strategy.

As indicated in FCTC Article 5 (see below), national tobacco control programmes are essential for planning and coordinating information and awareness-raising campaigns and for managing human and financial resources. 

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While it is possible to raise awareness of tobacco control at different levels of society, the scientific literature shows that the most visible results are achieved through coordinated national actions that support an overall strategy. Drawing up a national action plan and integrating a comprehensive awareness-raising strategy into this plan are essential steps in curbing the tobacco epidemic.

The operation of the WHO FCTC Knowledge Hub on Article 12 is led by the Addictions Unit at Santé publique France.

The tobacco control program adopted by Santé publique France ranges from surveillance to prevention and includes, inter alia:

1. monitoring of tobacco-related diseases, and the link between these pathologies and tobacco (epidemiology and surveillance);

2. measuring the prevalence of tobacco use and that of its determinants;

The implementation of Assistance to the Parties will require the development of national, international and transnational partnerships, in particular to understand the needs of the Parties and respond to them in the most relevant way.

WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) Knowledge Hub (KH) on Article 12 is managed by Santé publique France at the Health Promotion and Prevention Division, precisely at the Addictions Unit.

Santé publique France, the French national public health agency, is a governmental institution reporting to the Ministry of Health. Created in 2016, Santé publique France aims to improve the health of the populations on its territory, its different missions are:

• to coordinate and implement public health surveillance;