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Serbia-Montenegrin parliament ratifies Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Belgrade,
2 December 2005
The Ministry of Health stated that at its session yesterday, the Serbia-Montenegrin parliament ratified the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, signed on June 28, 2004.
The Framework Convention is the first international public health treaty envisaging a minimum of steps that a country must take to start controlling the use of tobacco, and reduce the number of deaths caused by smoking and of tobacco-related illnesses, reads the statement.
The treaty obliges party states to undertake comprehensive measures to reduce the demand for and supply of tobacco, such as tax increases, a ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship, adopting and implementing large, visible warnings and messages on tobacco products, and preventing exposure to tobacco smoke.
Moreover, this document implies other measures such as education and public conscience, strengthening of public services for offering assistance in giving up smoking, ban on tobacco sale to under-aged persons, suppression of illicit trade in tobacco products, and offering support to alternative economically favourable activities, says the statement.
The treaty obliges party states to undertake comprehensive measures to reduce the demand for and supply of tobacco, such as tax increases, a ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship, adopting and implementing large, visible warnings and messages on tobacco products, and preventing exposure to tobacco smoke.
Moreover, this document implies other measures such as education and public conscience, strengthening of public services for offering assistance in giving up smoking, ban on tobacco sale to under-aged persons, suppression of illicit trade in tobacco products, and offering support to alternative economically favourable activities, says the statement.
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