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Top 10 Public Health Challenges in 2025: Lessons and Priorities for 2025–2030

Public Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT By 2025, global public health will be shaped by interconnected and intensifying threats that demand coordinated international action. Ten key public health challenges were identified and examined. This perspective reviews the challenges that shaped 2025 and the priorities set for the period 2025–2030, using evidence available up to July 2026 ...
Don Eliseo Lucero Prisno III, Mohamed Mustaf Ahmed, Zhinya Kawa Othman, Rahmatullah Nazari, Uthman Okikiola Adebayo, Olalekan John Okesanya, Shuaibu Saidu Musa, Francesco Branda, Abdullahi Hassan Elmi, Jerico Bautista Ogaya   +9 more
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Age‐Period‐Cohort Analysis and Projections of Smoking‐Attributable Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers Burden: A Comparative Study of China and the World

Cancer Medicine, Volume 15, Issue 8, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Smoking is a major modifiable risk factor for upper gastrointestinal cancers (UGIC), particularly in China. This study investigated temporal trends, demographic patterns, and future projections of smoking‐attributable UGIC mortality globally and nationally.
Yunhao Li, Yanyan Guo, Man Ping Wang, Wen‐Qing Li, Wai. K. Leung   +4 more
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Tobacco control achievements and priority areas in the WHO Europe Region: A review

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2018
Introduction Tobacco control efforts have been advancing globally, including the adoption and entry into force of the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention of Tobacco Control (FCTC), as well as the adoption of the European Union EU Tobacco
Andrea Glahn, Christina Nicole Kyriakos, Cornel Radu Loghin, Dominick Nguyen, Polina Starchenko, Carlos Jimenez-Ruiz, Marine Faure, Brian Ward   +7 more
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Why Bangladesh Should Maintain the Ban on e‐Cigarettes: A Commentary

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 8, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Bangladesh has made significant progress in tobacco control; however, the emergence of electronic cigarettes (widely known as e‐cigarettes) poses a new regulatory and public health challenge. This commentary examines the implications of a potential reversal of the recent e‐cigarette ban.
Md. Golam Kibria
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Tobacco control in Zimbabwe and the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC): State of Affairs [PDF]

, 2020
Zimbabwe’s government has, in the past, expressed opposition to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC). Since the country’s ratification of the WHO FCTC in 2014, the government has put in place financial incentives to promote tobacco ...
Rusere, Chipo
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The economics of quitting: estimating the uplift potential of Indian households through tobacco cessation

BMJ Global Health
Background Tobacco use imposes significant economic burden, particularly in low and middle-income countries, diverting household income from essential needs.
Lucky Singh, Prashant Kumar Singh, Shalini Singh, Montu Bose   +3 more
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Diverging Trajectories of Lung Cancer Burden in China, Japan, and South Korea: A Comparative Risk Assessment from the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2021

Thoracic Cancer, Volume 17, Issue 16, August 2026.
This study compares lung cancer burden trends in China, Japan, and South Korea from 1990 to 2021 using GBD data. China shows a relatively increasing or stabilizing burden driven mainly by smoking and air pollution, while Japan and South Korea exhibit consistent declines linked to stronger tobacco control and healthcare systems.
Siyuan Zhao, Gang Deng, Dong Li, Hongsen Liang, Di Tang, Kai Liu   +5 more
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The Evolving Epidemiology of Lip and Oral Cavity Cancers in Central Asia: A Global Burden of Disease Study Analysis (1990–2019) – A Cross‐Sectional Study

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 7, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Globally, geographic variation in lip and oral cavity cancer (LOCC) is significant, with high burdens in South Asia. We aimed to quantify the burden, trends, and risk factors of LOCC in the neighboring, yet epidemiologically distinct, Central Asian region.
Fakher Rahim, Ainur Bakdauletkyzy Qumar
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Regional perspectives: Substance use related problems in Ethiopia

Addiction, Volume 121, Issue 7, Page 1934-1941, July 2026.
Abstract Ethiopia, with a population exceeding 130 million, presents a complex landscape for understanding substance use disorders. The country's diverse cultural heritage, varying regional practices, and evolving socioeconomic conditions create unique factors of substance use that differ markedly from global trends.
Tesfa M. Yimer, Wubalem Fekadu, Janni Leung, Awoke Mihretu, Solomon Teferra   +4 more
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Protocol to eliminate illicit trade in tobacco products: the dawn of a new era

Salud Pública de México, 2017
The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is the United Nations tobacco control treaty, fostering public health in previously neglected areas.
Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva
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