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Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ Group.  \nTo cite: Maddox R, Telford RM, Waa A, et al. Tob Control Epub ahead of print: [please include Day Month Year] . doi:10 . 1136/ tc-2023-058547  \nABSTRACT  \nThe eradication of the commercial tobacco industry is a crucial goal for health and well-being, particularly from a public health and health justice perspective. The term’eradication’ is applied in epidemiology to mean the process and outcome of elimination of the—commercial tobacco industry as a human-made—agent of disease and death. In this commentary, we outline why the eradication of the tobacco industry is necessary, urgent and realistic.  \nThe potential impact of eradication of the industry is substantial. Without the industry and the commercial tobacco that it produces, it is expected that globally over 22 000 lives will be saved daily (over 8 million annually), and life expectancy will increase. The human right to health underscores the need for tobacco industry accountability for the harms it causes and given the enormous human and financial costs, it is time for action towards eradication of the industry.  \nThe tobacco industry’s opposition to tobacco control, particularly strategies focused on market supply and industry reform, has been fierce. Their strategies have involved circumventing, attacking and undermining public health measures to preserve profits. However, with insights learnt from over 70 years of incremental successes in reducing commercial tobacco use, we know that through comprehensive and locally tailored eradication strategies involving legislation, regulation and public health initiatives across multiple levels of governments, we can overcome the resistance from the tobacco industry and their affiliates. Given the cost of commercial tobacco and the ever-growing global consensus on its harms, the time to act is now.  \nERADICATION OF COMMERCIAL TOBACCORELATED DISEASE AND DEATH  \nThe eradication of commercial tobacco and the commercial tobacco industry is a necessary and urgent global health goal, especially from a public health and health justice standpoint. Globally, the realisation of this goal would result in over 22 000 lives saved every day, equivalent to over 8 million lives annually.1 As the industry profits off the lives of the most marginalised, particularly Indigenous and underserved racial/ethnic populations,2 3 its eradication and the consequent removal of people-harming commercial tobacco products would significantly  \nimprove health outcomes and life expectancy and reduce persistent within-population life expectancy gaps.  \nIn epidemiological vernac","cbCaim0AWb4x3oRd","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaim0AWb4x3oRd","pdf",267593,"English","# ABSTRACT\n## RATIONALE FOR ERADICATION\n## WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS","[{\"question\":\"How does the document define “eradication” in an epidemiological context?\",\"answer\":\"It defines eradication as eliminating a disease to the point where the disease-causing agent is no longer present. Applied here, the commercial tobacco industry is treated as a human-made disease-causing agent that must be removed.\"},{\"question\":\"What impact is expected if the commercial tobacco industry is eradicated?\",\"answer\":\"The document states that without the industry and the commercial tobacco it produces, globally over 22,000 lives would be saved daily (over 8 million annually), and life expectancy would increase.\"},{\"question\":\"Why is tobacco industry opposition considered a major barrier, and how can it be addressed?\",\"answer\":\"The document describes fierce opposition to tobacco control, including tactics to undermine public health measures. It argues that comprehensive, locally tailored eradication strategies using legislation, regulation, and public health initiatives across government levels can overcome this resistance.\"}]","Eradication of Commercial Tobacco Related Disease and Death - Special communication | PDF",1790692428,15]