{"id":1842,"date":"2025-06-02T13:47:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T08:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=1842"},"modified":"2025-06-02T07:46:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T02:46:52","slug":"who-urges-global-ban-on-flavoured-tobacco-and-nicotine-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/06\/02\/who-urges-global-ban-on-flavoured-tobacco-and-nicotine-products","title":{"rendered":"WHO Urges Global Ban on Flavoured Tobacco and Nicotine Products"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on governments around the globe to impose an immediate ban on all flavoured tobacco and nicotine products in a bid to protect youth from addiction and deadly diseases.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The demand was made in a strong statement released on World No Tobacco Day, observed on June 1.<\/p>\n

According to WHO, flavoured products\u2014including cigarettes, e-cigarettes, pouches, cigars, and hookahs\u2014are not only addictive and toxic but also marketed in a way that appeals especially to young people.<\/p>\n

The UN health agency warns that these flavours, such as bubble gum, menthol, and cotton candy, dangerously mask the harsh reality of nicotine consumption.<\/p>\n

Targeting Youth with Sweetened Poison<\/h3>\n

The WHO emphasized that the use of colourful, youth-targeted packaging and flavour names plays a major role in drawing adolescents toward nicotine products.<\/p>\n

This targeted marketing has been shown to activate reward centres in teenage brains, weakening the impact of health warnings and making it harder for users to quit.<\/p>\n

\u201cFlavoured nicotine products are being disguised as candy and fun,\u201d the agency said. \u201cThese flavours are turning harmful substances into youth-friendly bait.\u201d WHO added that social media platforms are flooded with content that glamorizes the use of such products, contributing to their rapid spread among teenagers and young adults.<\/p>\n

Global Health at Risk<\/h3>\n

Despite decades of efforts in global tobacco control, WHO reports that eight million people continue to die each year from tobacco-related causes.<\/p>\n

Flavoured tobacco and nicotine products are now seen as a significant roadblock in reversing this trend. WHO\u2019s call to action references Articles 9 and 10 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which require countries to regulate the contents and disclosure of tobacco products, including additives like flavours.<\/p>\n

The health agency also released a series of fact sheets to inform policymakers and the public about the risks posed by flavoured nicotine.<\/p>\n

WHO insists that banning flavours is a necessary step to prevent another generation from falling into addiction and suffering long-term health consequences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on governments around the globe to impose an immediate ban on all flavoured tobacco and nicotine products in a bid to protect youth from addiction and deadly diseases. The demand was made in a strong statement released on World No Tobacco Day, observed on June 1. According …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[710,792,709],"class_list":["post-1842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-flavoured-nicotine","tag-who-tobacco-ban","tag-youth-addiction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1842"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1844,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1842\/revisions\/1844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}