HCM City plans activities for tobacco harm control and preventionVietNamNet Bridge – Training on how to help local residents quit smoking will be provided to staff at ward- and commune-level People’s Committees by the HCM City Department of Health. Each family member should have a deep understanding of the Law on Tobacco Harm Control and Prevention and should encourage their relatives to quit or never begin smoking. According to a report from the health harm prevention board, 24 wards and communes in the city are smoke-free. Cigarettes should be sold only via retail regulated under the Law on Tobacco Harm Control and Prevention, which means that sites selling cigarettes should not advertise and sell to people under 18 years old. People’s committees in the city’s districts will set up inspection teams to check the implementation of the tobacco harm control and prevention programme.

Source: VietNamNet News March 21, 2018 23:48 UTC