Vietnam started tobacco control activities for World No Tobacco Day

The Vietnamese Ministry of Wellness ( MOH) and also the World Wellness Organization (WHO) in Vietnam held here on Tuesday a meeting to respond to the World No Tobacco Day and Vietnam's No Tobacco Week (May possibly 25-31).

During the meeting, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Xuyen stated diseases and poverty caused by smoking are disasters for not just a single country, but the entire humankind.

Vietnam is one of the 15 countries having the highest male smoking rate in the world though the country signed the WHO framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

Vietnam has actively launched activities against tobacco harm in numerous fields to enhance awareness of the public about smoking and secondhand smoking. MOH will present to the National Assembly the Law on Prevention and Fight against Tobacco Harm in May possibly 2012, Xuyen stated.

WHO's acting representative in Vietnam Graham Harison stated smoking is amongst the top killers worldwide. The most effective tool to prevent tobacco-related epidemics is WHO's framework convention on tobacco control.

According to WHO, you'll find five million people who die from smoking each and every year. By 2030, the figure would likely enhance to eight million. If successful measures are not implemented, 1 billion men and women would die in this century.

In Vietnam, you can find a lot more than 40,000 individuals die every year because of diseases caused by smoking, which would rise to about 70, 000 by 2030. A survey conducted in 2010 discovered that 47.4 percent of Vietnamese male adults are smokers.

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