1. NCDs – A Global Challenge

2. • The plague reduced the world population from an
estimated 450 million down to 350 – 375 million in
the 14th century.
• Spanish Flu is the caused of death of 20 – 50
million in 1918 and 1919.
• 800 died because of SARS in 2002 and 2003.
• Last pandemic influenza (H1N1) caused more than
14.000 deaths in 2009.

3. • NCDs account for 63% of all deaths.
• NCDs, primarily cardiovascular diseases,
cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and
diabetes, kill more than 36 million people
each year.

6. More than 9 million of all deaths attributed to NCDs
occur before the age of 60.
NCDs affect women
and men almost equally.

7. NCDs are largely preventable.
• NCDs are preventable through effective
interventions that tackle shared risk factors,
namely:
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tobacco use,
unhealthy diet,
physical inactivity and
harmful use of alcohol.

10. Physical inactivity
• Physical inactivity is the fourth leading risk
factor for global mortality
• Globally, six percent of deaths are attributed
to physical inactivity.
• Moreover, physical inactivity is the main cause
for approximately 21–25% of breast and colon
cancers, 27% of diabetes and 30% of
ischaemic heart disease burden.

11. Obesity and overweight
• Worldwide obesity has nearly doubled since
1980.
• 35% of adults aged 20 and over were
overweight in 2008, and 11% were obese.
• Obesity is preventable.

12. Alcohol
• The harmful use of alcohol results in 2.5
million deaths each year.
• 320.000 young people between the age of 15
and 29 die from alcohol-related causes.
• Alcohol is the world’s third largest risk factor
for disease burden; it is the leading risk factor
in the Western Pacific and the Americas and
the second largest in Europe.

13. Tobacco
• Tobacco kills nearly 6 million people each year.
• More than 600.000 deaths are the result of nonsmokers being exposed to second-hand smoke.
• Unless urgent action is taken, the annual death toll
could rise to more than eight million by 2030.

14. M-POWER
• Monitor: Monitor tobacco use and prevention
policies
• Protect: Protect people from tobacco smoke
• Offer : Offer help to quit tobacco use
• Warn
: Warn about the dangers of tobacco
• Enforce: Enforce bans on tobacco advertising,
promotion and sponsorship
• Raise: Raise taxes on tobacco

15. TOBACCO USE TREND (TURKEY)
(1993-2012)
70
60
(%)
50
40
30
20
10
0
1993
2004
2006
2008
2012
Female
13,5
19,4
16,6
15,2
13,1
Male
57,8
52,9
50,6
47,9
41,4
Total
33,6
33,7
33,4
31,2
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Source: 1993 MOH Survey,
2004 MOH National Burden of Disease Research
2006 Family Research Foundation and TSI Family Structure Survey
2008 Global Adult Tobacco Survey (MOH, TSI, WHO, CDC)
2012 Global Adult Tobacco Survey (MOH, TSI, WHO, CDC)
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16. HOW WE MANAGED?
Public Support
Raising public awareness on the harms of tobacco and
tobacco products.
Public Opinions:
94,0% working people have the right to be protected
from smoke
93,8% State has to protect its citizens from smoking
86,7% new law is acceptable

17. There is only one real solution:
RAISE AWARENESS