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Jump to full article: ANN/Groong [Armenian News Network], 2007-04-05
Author: Noyan Tapan
Intro: Armenia recently presented the first
national report on implementation of the World Health Organization's
Frame Concention on Fight against Smoking, which took effect
in the country in 2005. Alexandr Bazarchian, coordinator of the
Antismoking Program of the RA Ministry of Health, told this to NT
correspondent. According to him, the report contains respective
legislative amendments, as well as information about the work
implemented and to be done.
He said that in particular, cigarette advertising will gradually
stop in the next 5 years, while starting from 2008, the warning
about danger of smoking to human health will cover no less than 30%
of packs of cigarettes produced in Armenia. Besides, the report
contains statistical data on tobacco addiction in Armenia.
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