Jump to full article: FBCL Radio Fiji (fj), 2009-09-24
Intro: The World Health Organization (WHO has denounced the tobacco industry's attempts to undermine global efforts to reduce smoking.
WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific Dr Shin Young-soo, stresses that "governments must recognize that there is a fundamental and irreconcilable conflict between the tobacco industry's interests and public health policy interest.
To strengthen the fight against smoking, WHO's governing body in the Region has endorsed the Regional Action Plan (2010-2014) for the Tobacco Free Initiative.
The Plan aims to strengthen government tobacco control programmes as well as protect public policy processes from interference from the tobacco industry. . . .
One third of the world's smokers reside in the Western Pacific Region, which has the greatest number of smokers, among the highest rates of male smoking prevalence, and the fastest increase of tobacco use uptake by women and young people compared to the other five WHO regions.
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