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emma burri

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    After its adoption by the 56th World Health Assembly in May 2003, the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) was open for signature until 29 June 2004. 168 States signed the WHO FCTC during this period expressing their willingness to become a Party to the Convention.
Rachel Murray

News :: HEALTHY RUSSIA FOUNDATION - 0 views

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russia WHO tobacco

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  • 60.2% of men and 21.7% of women smoke in Russia. A total of 43.9 million adults smoke in Russia, which adds up to almost 40% of the population. This is the highest percentage of smokers in any of the 14 countries where the survey was carried out.
  • As a result, 400,000 Russians die every year from smoking-related health problems.
  • Russia ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) on 24.04.2008, passing federal law № 51-FZ “On the accession of the Russian Federation to the WHO Convention on Tobacco Control”, thereby becoming the 157th country in the world to take on the responsibility of adhering to this convention.
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  • “In setting and implementing their public health policies with respect to tobacco control, Parties shall act to protect these policies from commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry in accordance with national law.”
  • restrictions on the manufacture and wholesale and retail sale of tobacco and tobacco products; banning the sale of tobacco products to and by minors (Article 16);
  • Regions will have the right to establish even stricter regulations on the location and conditions of tobacco sales, as well as the right to determine where smoking will be banned.
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