National Tobacco Control Center of Republic of Korea

National Tobacco Control Center: pivotal to tobacco-free and healthier society

National Tobacco Control Center is the first policy advocacy institute for national and global tobacco controls in Republic of Korea. Prior to NTCC, Tobacco Control Team at Korea Health Promotion Foundation, an affiliated agency under Ministry of Health and Welfare, supported implementation of tobacco control programs at local and national level. With technical and financial improvement, NTCC aims to expand its role in policy research and development, monitoring and evaluation of policy implementation, as well as creating tobacco-free society.

Introducing the National Tobacco Control Center

Control tower for the planning and management of national tobacco control policies and the authority over the development of guidelines and programs for tobacco control.

Think tank for policy research into systematic national tobacco control measures.

Technical support and coordination of efforts among different government agencies
to provide customized cessation services to smokers (by subject, age, method etc.)

Network hub that communicates and works with overseas tobacco control agencies as the secretariat office in Republic of Korea for the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), and which establishes organic connections among the central government, local governments, professionals, and health workers.

Planning and execution of public awareness campaigns to encourage public understanding and participation of tobacco control policies and smoking cessation programs

Contacts lims@khepi.or.kr