Endgame Training Course

United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

The Global Fight to Protect Women and Girls from Tobacco

Women comprise roughly 20% of the world’s 1 billion+ people who smoke, with about 200 million female tobacco users globally. Although smoking among women is generally decreasing, it is falling at a slower rate than in men. Tobacco disproportionately harms women and girls and is often overlooked as a women’s rights