NO SMOKE!
Support A1+!”There is no culture of healthy mode of living in Armenia. One of health enemies, the cigarette, has delved into our society causing grave consequences. It is necessary to have a well-worked out legislation to prevent the evil”, Alexander Bazarjyan, Coordinator of Anti-Tobacco Program of Armenian Health Care Ministry, said during the conference on “Role of Civil Society in the Anti-Tobacco Program”.
According to him, Armenia is obliged to sign Convention on “Fighting against Tobacco”, which was approved in Geneva in 1999. 124 countries mainly the developed ones have signed the Convention. The deadline to sign the Convention is June 29, 2004.
Mr. Bazarjyan is sure the document can save the lives of millions of people. “Convention will press upon everyone to fight against smoking. If we don’t sign it, we will produce an ultimatum to our healthy lives”.
The experts of Support Fund for Open Society Institute from Ukraine were present for the press conference. One of them, Tatiana Andreeva, assures the problem must be solved at a state level.
We asked how the dynamics of those smoking in Armenia develop under their study. Mrs. Andreeva said women in Armenia smoke most of all, especially the young girls, man mortality dynamics grew up to 25%, women – 4%, and the numbers keep rising.
