Nine provinces committes to build smoke-free workplace
10:32, 2014/07/05
They include northern and central provinces of Nam Dinh, Ha Nam, Thai Binh, Hung Yen, Ninh Binh,Hai Duong, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An and Ha Tinh.
Nine northern and central provinces on July 4 signed a joint commitment to building smoke-free workplace in a bid to curb ill effects of cigarette smoking.
Representatives from the provincial Labour Federations pledged to realise the Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harm, at a conference held by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour and the Ministry of Health in ThanhHoa province.
To concretise their commitments, the localities plan to intensify communication campaigns to raise local workforce’s awareness of tobacco harms.
According to the office of the health ministry’s tobacco harm prevention programme, Vietnam is one of 15 countries with the highest rate of cigarette smoking in the world.
Up to 47.4% of Vietnamese men and 1.4% of women are smokers, equivalent to 15 million grown-ups.
Additionally, 33 million non-smokers in Vietnam are exposed to tobacco smoke at home, while 5 million people are passively affected by the smoke at workplace.
Experts also pointed out a large number of evils of smoking and being exposed to the smoke, naming risks of suffering from life-threatening diseases, losing work capacity, and dying young, among the few.
To concretise their commitments, the localities plan to intensify communication campaigns to raise local workforce’s awareness of tobacco harms.
According to the office of the health ministry’s tobacco harm prevention programme, Vietnam is one of 15 countries with the highest rate of cigarette smoking in the world.
Up to 47.4% of Vietnamese men and 1.4% of women are smokers, equivalent to 15 million grown-ups.
Additionally, 33 million non-smokers in Vietnam are exposed to tobacco smoke at home, while 5 million people are passively affected by the smoke at workplace.
Experts also pointed out a large number of evils of smoking and being exposed to the smoke, naming risks of suffering from life-threatening diseases, losing work capacity, and dying young, among the few.
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