Tobacco Free Initiative

Summary

The Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI) in the Western Pacific Region supports strengthening tobacco control and monitoring tobacco use and control in countries and areas. With an estimated 377.2 million adult smokers in the Region, or about one-third of the world’s smokers, TFI aims to achieve the lowest possible level of tobacco use prevalence and the highest level of protection from second-hand smoke.

The Data Team uses the Household Energy Database for these series:

• SeriesHealthSmokingPrevalenceWHOFemales%
• SeriesHealthSmokingPrevalenceWHOMales%
• SeriesHealthSmokingPrevalenceWHOFemales%New
• SeriesHealthSmokingPrevalenceWHOMales%New

To pull data from the Tobacco Free Initiative for uploading into IFs, please follow the instructions below.

Steps to Pull Data From The Tobacco Free Initiative

Step 1: Navigate to the GHO Data Home Page

Step 2: Using the dropdown list, click "Tobacco control" to access tobacco-related indicators.

Step 3: Locate your desired indicator. As an example, we will be looking for age-standardized estimates of current tobacco use, shown below.

When you see your desired indicator, click it. You will be navigated to this page:

Step 4: Click the tab titled "Data"

You will be navigated to this view:

Step 5: Right click the link in the corner of the page (circled below) and open the link as a new tab to download the data in a .csv format