Hanoi agencies on May 31 signed a commitment with the municipalHealth Department to prevent smoking in offices in response to World NoTobacco Day and National No Tobacco Week.
Earlier, many unitsurged their staff to say no to tobacco, created smoking zones forsmokers at offices and encouraged them to use alternative products.
Hospitalsin the city have been urged to enforce no-smoking regulations at publicplaces among staff, patients and their relatives, while intensifyingthe prevention and control of tobacco harms and applying fines.
Vietnam ratified the WHO framework convention on tobacco control in2004 and promulgated the law on prevention and control of tobacco harmsin 2012, with a determination to protect local people’s health.
Research on tobacco use among Vietnamese youth has shown that thesmoking rate has increased. For example 21.6 percent of the nation’ssmokers are young men aged from 16-24.
The totaleconomic burden caused by the five main tobacco-related diseases inVietnam was over 23 trillion VND (1.08 billion USD) in 2011,equivalent to 0.91 percent of the country’s GDP.-VNA
Earlier, many unitsurged their staff to say no to tobacco, created smoking zones forsmokers at offices and encouraged them to use alternative products.
Hospitalsin the city have been urged to enforce no-smoking regulations at publicplaces among staff, patients and their relatives, while intensifyingthe prevention and control of tobacco harms and applying fines.
Vietnam ratified the WHO framework convention on tobacco control in2004 and promulgated the law on prevention and control of tobacco harmsin 2012, with a determination to protect local people’s health.
Research on tobacco use among Vietnamese youth has shown that thesmoking rate has increased. For example 21.6 percent of the nation’ssmokers are young men aged from 16-24.
The totaleconomic burden caused by the five main tobacco-related diseases inVietnam was over 23 trillion VND (1.08 billion USD) in 2011,equivalent to 0.91 percent of the country’s GDP.-VNA
