12th November, 2025
On 12 November 2025, RCTC released the 37th edition of its flagship newsletter, Tobacco Free Times (TFT), during the plenary session organized by RCTC in EFICON event. This special issue focused on the theme “MPOWER and Smokeless Tobacco: The Missing Piece in Global Tobacco Control,” highlighting the urgent need to adapt each MPOWER pillar to address the neglected burden of smokeless tobacco (SLT). The edition emphasized gaps in monitoring, packaging, taxation, enforcement, and cessation services for SLT, while offering evidence-based reforms in MPOWER to integrate SLT more effectively into national and global tobacco control strategies. Through this thematic release, RCTC reinforced its commitment to advancing informed, multisectoral action toward a truly tobacco-free future.
