Nghe An implements National Strategy on prevention and control of tobacco harms
(Baonghean.vn) - In the coming time, Party committees at all levels, authorities, departments, unions, and social organizations in Nghe An province will continue to strengthen leadership and direction in the work of preventing and combating the harmful effects of tobacco.
On the morning of December 28, Nghe An Department of Health held a conference to deploy the National Strategy on Tobacco Harm Prevention and Control to 2030 in Nghe An province.
Attending the conference were representatives of leaders of provincial departments, branches, sectors, and organizations; and medical units in Nghe An province.
To improve the effectiveness of tobacco harm prevention and control, on May 24, 2023, the Government issued Decision 568/QD-TTg approving the National Strategy on Tobacco Harm Prevention and Control to 2030. With specific goals for the period 2023 - 2025, reduce the rate of tobacco use among men aged 15 and over to below 39%; among women aged 15 and over to below 1.4%; Reduce the rate of passive exposure to tobacco smoke at work to below 30%; at restaurants to below 75%; at bars and cafes to below 80%; at hotels to below 60%; Prevent the use of electronic cigarettes, heated tobacco products, shisha and other new tobacco products in the community.
In the period of 2026 - 2030, reduce the rate of passive exposure to tobacco smoke in the workplace to below 25%; in restaurants to below 65%; in bars and cafes to below 70%, in hotels to below 50%; Continue to prevent the use of electronic cigarettes, heated tobacco products, shisha and other new tobacco products in the community.
On the side of Nghe An province, on November 14, 2023, the Provincial People's Committee issued Plan No. 861/KH-UBND on implementing the National Strategy on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms by 2030 in Nghe An province. The implementation of the plan to reduce the rate of tobacco use in the community is an important goal in reducing health risk factors, reducing mortality caused by the use of tobacco products, implementing Vietnam's commitments when participating in the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and commitments on sustainable development by 2030; ensuring the people's right to live, work and study in a smoke-free environment.
At the conference, delegates studied and discussed key contents that need to be implemented in the coming time to fully implement and achieve the goals and targets of the Strategy; shared experiences, lessons, difficulties and challenges in the process of implementing tobacco harm prevention and control in localities and units, thereby proposing solutions and measures to overcome and improve the effectiveness of tobacco harm prevention and control activities in Nghe An province in the coming time.
Speaking at the closing ceremony of the conference, pharmacist Tran Minh Tue - Deputy Director of Nghe An Department of Health, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Steering Committee for Tobacco Harm Prevention and Control of Nghe An province proposed: Party committees at all levels, authorities, departments, branches, unions, and social organizations continue to strengthen leadership and direction in tobacco harm prevention and control; include tobacco harm prevention and control in the annual work plans of People's Committees at all levels, include the regulation prohibiting smoking in the workplace in the internal regulations of agencies and units; include tobacco harm prevention and control in village, hamlet, village, and residential group conventions; build pilot models such as: Restaurants, hotels, public places, medical facilities, etc.
Continue to promote propaganda, mobilization and education of all classes of people on tobacco harm prevention and control... The Provincial Police, the Market Management Department, departments, branches, localities and functional units advise on establishing interdisciplinary inspection teams or integrating the inspection of the implementation of the Law on Tobacco Harm Prevention and Control into the inspection programs and plans of the agencies./.