Information and education on the prevention of tobacco harms in Vietnam

Specifically, according to the Law on Tobacco Harm Prevention of Vietnam, the information and education must satisfy the following requirements:

- Publicly providing scientific, accurate and objective information about tobacco and tobacco harms;

- Diversifying the content, forms and channels of information that suit their subjects.

Concurrently, the Information and education comprise:

- Policies and laws on prevention of tobacco harms;

- Tobacco harms to the health of tobacco users, children, pregnant women and passive smokers, and on the living environment and socio-economic development;

- Harms caused by the producing, trading, storing, transporting and using fake tobacco and smuggled tobacco to tobacco users' health and socio-economic development;

- Smoking cessation measures and benefits of smoking cessation and a environment without cigarette smoke;

- The rights, responsibilities and obligations of agencies, organizations and individuals in the prevention of tobacco harms.

Besides, the Ministry of Information and Communications shall organize and direct information agencies to provide information about the prevention of tobacco harms. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism shall include the information propagation about the prevention of tobacco harms and measures to restrict tobacco use in culture, sports and tourism activities and family life; and impose restriction on the use of tobacco use in movies, on theaters and television.

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

Ty Na

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