Jump to full article: Vietnam Net, 2009-05-26
Intro: As one of the countries with the most male smokers, the number of cigarette-related deaths in Vietnam is four-fold the number of casualties from traffic accidents.
The Health Ministry’s Health Treatment and Examination Agency chief Ly Ngoc Kinh talked about the situation.
Government Decree 45 issued in 2005 stipulates a 50,000-100,000 dong fine for smoking in public sites. But it seems that this regulation is ineffective. What do you think about it?
It is impossible to implement this rule. We don’t lack regulations or sanctions on smoking, issued by the government and the Health Ministry, but they cannot be implemented effectively.
Not only in this field, in other areas people don’t obey the rules. . . .
Cigarette producers say that it is costly or they don’t have suitable technology to print warnings with images. But exported cigarette products have warnings with images. We will try to enforce this in 2010.
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