A new report revealed that Lebanon can achieve economic gains exceeding $ 400 million, and save the lives of about 40,000 people during the next fifteen years, by implementing the recommendations of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. According to the United Nations Media Center.
The study indicated that the annual cost of tobacco consumption in Lebanon is about 140 million dollars, representing 1.9% of the gross domestic product. This cost includes health care expenses, low productivity, and human development losses.
The study highlighted that the economic benefits of applying tobacco control policies exceeded the costs of implementation, as the benefits are estimated at 15.2 trillion Lebanese pounds compared to only 177 billion pounds of costs.
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Lebanon is ranked first in the region in terms of the high rate of smoking, Dr. Abdel Nasser Abu Bakr, representative of the World Health Organization in Lebanon, stressed the need to take decisive measures to protect public health and the national economy, adding that “the integration of tobacco control into economic recovery plans will be very important to help Lebanon achieve its economic goals.”
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Dr. Adriana Blanco Marqueso, head of the Secretariat of the World Health Organization, highlighted, highlighted that “strengthening tobacco control in Lebanon is not only a health necessity, but is an economic opportunity that should be seized,” and called for decisive measures to improve the lives of Lebanese citizens and direct resources towards development priorities.
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The international study stated that more than 9,000 people die annually in Lebanon due to the diseases associated with tobacco, which represents more than a quarter of the total deaths in the country.
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