This document discusses tobacco and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in Egypt. It notes that over 170,000 Egyptians die each year from tobacco-related illnesses. Tobacco use also results in significant economic costs for healthcare and lost productivity. The four main NCDs - cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and chronic respiratory disease - all share four main modifiable risk factors, one of which is tobacco use. The document outlines Egypt's ratification of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and implementation of Law 157/2007 to increase tobacco taxes, expand health warnings on packaging, ban indoor smoking and restrict youth access.

1. Tobacco and NCDs
Presentation by:
Dr Wael Safwat
Consultant of Internal Medicine and smoking cessation
Program coordinator of smoking cessation unit – Wadi Elneel hospital
Project coordinator of the Egyptian Coalition for tobacco control
International committee chair of ATTUD

2. • Manufactured and roll-your-own
(RYO) cigarettes
• Smokeless tobacco
• Other forms of smoked tobacco
–Clove cigarettes (kreteks)
–Bidis
–Cigars
–Waterpipes
– Medwakh
• Electronic cigarettes
–e-cigarettes are devices that
deliver nicotine
Image courtesy of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention / Rick Ward

3. Key facts in Egypt
It is estimated that over 170 000 Egyptians are dying each year from
tobacco-related diseases. ( The Economics of tobacco and Tobacco taxation in
Egypt -2010 )
Tobacco use also results in considerable economic costs, both for health
care expenses incurred to treat the diseases caused by smoking and from
lost productivity (Euromonitor International. 2005)

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5. Noncommunicable Diseases
4 Diseases, 4 Modifiable Shared Risk Factors
Tobacco
Use
Unhealthy
diets
Physical
Inactivity
Harmful
Use of
Alcohol
Cardio-
vascular
Diabetes
Cancer
Chronic
Respiratory

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11. World act: WHO FCTC
Egypt signed the WHO Framework
Convention on Tobacco Control
[ WHO FCTC ] on 17/6/2003 which was
ratified 25/2/2005.

12. FCTC Policies (MPOWER)
Monitor Tobacco Use and Prevention Policies.
Protect People from Tobacco Smoke.
Offer Help to Quit Tobacco Use.
Warn About The Dangers of Tobacco.
Enforce Bans on Tobacco Advertising,
Promotion and Sponsorship.
Raise Taxes on Tobacco.

13. Egypt Law 157 year 2007
• To fill in the gap in the existing legislations the same lobbying
group managed to pass the law 157→
• Started a department in the ministry of health
for tobacco control
• Smoking ban in health clinics , hospitals ,
education clinics, universities, public , youth
clubs , governmental departments.

14. Law 157 year 2007
• Health warnings should occupy
50% of both faces of the
cigarette packet.
• Health warnings should be
pictorial on rotation basis .
• Ban on selling cigarettes to
minors.
• Increase the price of cigarettes
by 10%.

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