Fiji observes no tobacco day with vow of fight continuation

Fiji observed the World No Tobacco Day on Tuesday having a vow to continue it's fight against the epidemic.

In a speech to observe the World No Tobacco Day, Peni Namotu, spokesperson of Fiji's Ministry of Wellness stated that the day intends to draw global attention to the widespread prevalence of tobacco use and it's an annual event in the ministry's calendar."

"The theme for this year's celebration is Framework for Convention on Tobacco Control. This can be a treaty that was signed and also an effort by the World Well being Organization (WHO) in curbing the tobacco epidemic within the world,"he said.

Namotu pointed out that "with the WHO framework convention on tobacco control, Fiji has totally complied with the requirements of this treaty. We have amended the Tobacco Act 1998 into the Tobacco Control Decree 2010."

"This is an effort by the government in not merely curbing the tobacco epidemic but also the consumption of tobacco is also related to most non-communicable diseases including stroke and cancer,"Namotu said.

Via this decree, the government is also preventing pre-mature deaths which is caused by tobacco consumption, Namotu stated.

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