Enhancing communications on smoking harm
(VOVworld) – The Vietnam Fatherland Front on Thursday signed an agreement with the Ministry of Health to improve the message about the harm caused by tobacco.
Student campaign on smoking prevention (photo: tgu.edu.vn)
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In order to popularize the
Law on
the
Prevention and Control of
Tobacco Harms, the Front will strengthen its message on prohibited smoking behavior, regulations on no-smoking areas, and the people’s rights and obligations in preventing harm from tobacco. Ha Thi Lien, Vice Chairwoman of the Front, says:
"The program on preventing tobacco harm has three main aims including encouraging state policies on healthcare, building community models, and supervising the implementation and honoring of good models."
Vietnam has nearly 16 million cigarette smokers and is among the 15 countries with the highest number of smokers. Every year in Vietnam there are tens of thousands of deaths caused by secondhand smoke, and the government has spent millions of USD on tackling smoking.