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World No Tobacco Day 2011
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World Health Organization (WHO) selects "The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control" as
the theme of the next World No Tobacco Day, which will take place on Tuesday,
31 May 2011
The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is the
world's foremost tobacco control instrument. The first treaty ever negotiated
under the auspices of WHO, it represents a signal
achievement in the advancement of public health. In force only since 2005, it
is already one of the most rapidly and widely embraced treaties in the
history of the United Nations, with more than 170 Parties. An evidence-based
treaty, it reaffirms the right of all people to the highest standard of
health and provides new legal dimensions for cooperation in tobacco control.
India played
a leading role in FCTC negotiations to finalize its provisions and was the
regional coordinator for the South- East Asian countries. Even before the
World Health Assembly adopted the WHO FCTC on 21 May 2003, the comprehensive
Tobacco Control Act was enacted by GOI on 18 May
2003. India
was the seventh country to ratify the WHO FCTC on 5 February 2004.
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