Banning Tobacco Smoking in Public Places via Customized Tobacco Control Vaccine Framework: Experience From Tigray, Ethiopia.

Tobacco use remained the most preventable cause of premature morbidities and deaths. Despite notable decrement of tobacco use prevalence globally, the prospect of the low- and middle-income countries lies at crossroads due to government's complacence and increased influence of the tobacco industry. Tigray regional state in Ethiopia which received World Health Organization recognition in 2017 spearheaded the tobacco control endeavor using cost-effective and whole-government approach via customized tobacco control vaccine framework.