Publications

This document is part of a series of Tobacco Knowledge Summaries and is prepared with the objective to summarize the current evidence on the association between tobacco use and asthma. This is also intended as an advocacy tool to widely include health care professionals, in particular pulmonologists and respirologists, in the fight for tobacco control and prevention of tobacco related adverse health effects.

This knowledge summary was prepared by World Health Organization in collaboration with the Forum of International Respiratory Societies, the Global Initiative for Asthma and The University of Tasmania. ...Read more

This document, part of WHO’s Tobacco Knowledge Summaries series developed with the support of FIRS, summarizes the association between tobacco use and COPD, and the effectiveness of interventions to reduce tobacco use and tobacco-related complications. This is intended as an advocacy tool for health care professionals. ...Read more

The Global Asthma Report 2022 comes at a time when the world has heightened understanding of the importance of healthy lungs. Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, many have watched friends and relatives struggle to breathe, and know the limitations that lung-related problems can place on daily activities.

The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease stakeholder meeting found opportunities to improve access to affordable, quality-assured inhaled medicines in LMICs through coordinated, multi-stakeholder efforts.

The Global Impact of Respiratory Disease report outlines major causes of respiratory disease and mortality and lays out recommendations for global action.