Tackling illicit tobacco during COVID-19 pandemic

Published by European Publishing. © 2021 Ross H. and Joossens L. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Tob. Induc. Dis. 2021;19(June):47 https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/137086 The 18th WCTOH has announced its plan to hold a virtual ‘Leadership Summit on Tobacco Control’ in 2021. Ahead of the Summit it is planned to hold a series of openaccess webinars to provide on-going access to expert opinion on issues of importance to the Tobacco Control community. The last webinar of the series ‘Tackling illicit tobacco during COVID-19 pandemic’ was held 13 April 2021. The webinar aimed at raising awareness about the challenges faced by governments to address the problem of illicit trade, and the importance of adopting and implementing the Protocol in addressing those challenges, especially during the fight with the pandemic that is global in nature.