Press Releases
AUB, TFI, and WHO Team up on World No Tobacco Day Shedding light on tobacco use and control in Lebanon Beirut, June 1, 2019: Marking World No[…]
Smokeless tobacco control webinar series 2018
WHO FCTC Global Knowledge Hub on Smokeless Tobacco (KH-SLT) Smokeless tobacco control webinar series 2018 First Webinar on Introduction to the Report on Global Smokeless[…]
What Do You Know About WTS?
American University of Beirut in Lebanon serves as the designated WHO FCTC Secretariat’s Knowledge Hub for problems related to waterpipe tobacco smoking. The Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking[…]
What Do You Know About WTS?
American University of Beirut in Lebanon serves as the designated WHO FCTC Secretariat’s Knowledge Hub for problems related to waterpipe tobacco smoking. The Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking[…]
Thematic areas of focus
Surveillance and Monitoring: Focus on comprehensive surveillance to assess the range of Smokeless Tobacco (SLT) use, changes in patterns of use, as well as evaluate the impact of[…]
Vision and mission
To generate awareness around the world on the harms of SLT use and support global SLT control efforts. Support can be provided via scientific evidence and[…]
Mandate of the Knowledge Hub
The KH-SLT is established with a mandate to: Generate and share expertise, information, knowledge and provide training, regionally and globally on SLT, as appropriate; Promote and[…]
Singapore increases excise duty on tobacco products by 10%
February 2018 – Singapore is implementing an immediate increase in tobacco excise duty of 10%. The change was announced by Singapore’s Finance Minister, Heng Swee Keat, earlier the same day during the nation’s annual Budget 2018 speech. The tax change aims to discourage tobacco consumption in Singapore and subsequently protect its citizens from its devastating health consequences.