Abstract:
The Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) is a global standard for
systematically monitoring adult tobacco use (smoking and
smokeless) and tracking key tobacco control indicators.
GATS is a nationally representative survey, using a consistent and
standard protocol across countries including Ethiopia. GATS
enhances countries’ capacity to design, implement and evaluate
tobacco control programs. It will also assist countries to fulfill
their obligations under the World Health Organization (WHO)
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) to generate
comparable data within and across countries. WHO has
developed MPOWER, a package of selected demand reduction
measures contained in the WHO FCTC:
