According to the World Health Organization (WHO), “The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced, killing more than 8 million people a year around the world. More than 7 million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use while around 1.2 million are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke.”¹ Globally, 181 nations and other parties have ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which commits them to reduce tobacco’s toll worldwide and specifically recognizes the tobacco industry as a threat to global health.²