Tobacco Control Day in Armenia
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The Minister of Health of Armenia Hayk Darbinyan noted that the fight against the tobacco epidemic is one of the priority areas of public health around the world, including Armenia.
“October 12 was chosen because it was on this day in 2004 that the National Assembly of Armenia ratified the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control,” he said.
In turn, Armenian Diaspora Minister Granush Hakobyan added that the Ministry of Diaspora plans to declare 2009 the Year of the Armenian People’s Movement Against Tobacco.
According to a government decision posted on the official website of the executive authority, currently about 30% of the adult population of Armenia are smokers, and about 60% of smokers are the breadwinners of their families.
