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Thailand implemented the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) in 2009 and 2011, using a standard global protocol. Findings from GATS assist countries in the formulation, tracking and implementation of effective tobacco control interventions. The findings allow for strong exchange of information following the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) Article 20 – research and surveillance and exchange of information, and Article 21 – reporting and exchange of information. Thailand ratified the WHO FCTC on 8 November 2004. The GATS finding also inform the implementation of the WHO MPOWER, a package of six evidence-based demand reduction measures contained in the WHO FCTC include: 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 and raise taxes on tobacco.

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