Giving commendations to agencies, organizations that obtain achievements in the prevention of tobacco harms in Vietnam

According to Article 4 of the Law on Tobacco Harm Prevention of Vietnam, State policies on prevention of tobacco harms are specified as follows:

- Socializing resources for preventing tobacco harms.

- Applying appropriate tax policies in order to reduce the proportion of tobacco users.

- Planning tobacco trading in conformity with the objectives of socio­economic development and gradually reducing tobacco supply sources and tobacco demand.

- Encouraging domestic and foreign agencies, organizations and individuals to provide smoking cessation and treatment services; doing research on tobacco harms and smoking cessation methods; doing research on smoking cessation medications; cooperating in and funding the prevention of tobacco harms and encouraging tobacco users to quit voluntarily.

- Encouraging and enabling organizations and individuals that grow tree tobacco, produce and process tobacco ingredients to change their trades or occupations.

- Giving commendations to agencies, organizations and individuals that obtain achievements in the prevention of tobacco harms.

Besides, the Law on Tobacco Harm Prevention of Vietnam also stipulates 04 principles of prevention of tobacco harms, including:

1. Focusing on taking measures for reducing tobacco demand and gradually reducing tobacco supply sources.

2. Concentrating on providing information and education in order to raise awareness of tobacco harms aiming to reduce the proportion of tobacco users and the harms of tobacco use.

3. Participating in inter-sectoral coordination, social mobilization, and international cooperation in the prevention of tobacco harms.

4. Protecting the right to live and work in a non-smoking environment and to be fully informed of tobacco harms.

View more details at the Law on Tobacco Harm Prevention of Vietnam, officially effective from January 01, 2013.

Ty Na

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