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Global Adult Tobacco Survey shows tobacco use dropping in Turkey |
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Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) has shown that tobacco use in Turkey dropped to 27.1 % in 2012 from 31.2 % in 2008. |
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SESRIC Participated in the “Global Tobacco Control Leadership Program” |
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Senegal– New tobacco control law adopted |
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On 14 March 2014, the National Assembly of Senegal adopted a law “on the manufacturing, packaging and labelling, sale and use of tobacco”. |
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Abu Dhabi - The First International Meeting on Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking: Building Evidence for Intervention and Policy |
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Over the past decade, tobacco smoking using a waterpipe (hookah, narghile, shiha) has become a world-wide epidemic, with current use rates approaching those of cigarettes in many populations. It is particularly prevalent in the Arab world, and marketing efforts have played to the cultural and social aspects of waterpipe use. A nascent but growing evidence base unanimously points to the high potential for deleterious health effects of waterpipe use, including nicotine addiction. At the same time, waterpipe tobacco smoking remains peripheral to tobacco control efforts. The time is now ripe to raise the dialogue on this issue by having an international conference dedicated purely to the waterpipe. |
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Lebanon Smoking Ban Enters into Force |
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Joint Needs Assessment in Kyrgyzstan |
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Djibouti Implements Strong Pictorial Health Warning Labels to Meet Public Demand for Information |
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Turkey Increases Free Radio and Television Time for Anti-Tobacco Advertising |
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Chittagong City, Bangladesh, Passes a Strong Subnational Advertising Ban |
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Burkina Faso - Workshop Aims to Boost Tobacco Cessation |
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Comoros - Amended Tobacco Control Act |
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Kuwait Implements Pictorial Warnings |
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Saudi Arabia Requires Smoke-Free Public Places |
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Brunei Boosts Warnings and Non-smoking Areas |
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Wanted: Pakistan Charges Philip Morris Executive with Advertising Violations |
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Turkmenistan – President Approves National Action Plan on Tobacco Control |
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Burkina Faso – Decrees Adopted to Ensure Effective implementation of the 2010 Tobacco Control Act |
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Maldives Hikes Tobacco Import Taxes |
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Iraq – Comprehensive Tobacco Control Legislation Adopted |
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Gulf Nations Agree Graphic Warnings for 2012 |
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Tobacco Advertising to be Monitored and Controlled in Pakistan |
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Breathing New Life into Anti-Smoking Campaign - Malaysia |
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Lebanon - New Tobacco-Control Law Adopted |
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Anti-Smoking Drive - Saudi Arabia |
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First Private-Run Tobacco Addiction Clinic Opens in Jeddah |
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Building Capacity, Redressing Neglect' on Harm Reduction |
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Ministry of Health Thanks Türk Telekom for 'Smoking Cessation Polyclinic' - Turkey |
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Don’t be ‘Blind’ to Smoking Dangers - Saudi Arabia |
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WHO Assistance to Intensify Campaign Against Smoking - Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca and Medina, Tobacco-Free Cities |
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16th Asian Games to be Tobacco-free |
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Pakistan to Require Graphic Health Warnings on 40% of Front and Back of Cigarette Package |
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Push for a Smoke-free Hajj Pilgrimage - Saudi Arabia |
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Jordan Committed to Implementation of Tobacco Control Treaty |
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Nigeria Considers Tough Tobacco Control Legislation |
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Turkey Goes Smoke-Free with Indoor Smoking Ban |
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Libya Bans Smoking in Public Places |
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Uganda: Tough Anti-Tobacco Law in Offing |
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Niger Cabinet Passes Smoking Ban |
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