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Heartline Magazine October - December 2007
Ireland wins Global Smokefree Partnership 2007 Award
The Minister for Health and Children, Mary
Harney announced recently that Ireland had received another
award for its leading role in tobacco control. Ireland, Finland
and New Zealand have been awarded the Global Smokefree
Partnership's Extraordinary Award, for their exceptional and
outstanding commitment as Key Facilitators in developing the
guidelines on Article 8 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control (FCTC). These guidelines on protection from exposure to
second-hand tobacco smoke, give national and local governments
clear direction to establish smoke-free environments. Ireland
had a significant role in the development of the guidelines,
which were adopted unanimously at the Conference of Parties to
the WHO FCTC in Bangkok last July.
Commenting on the award the Minister said
that she "is delighted that Ireland is still leading the way in
tobacco control, not just in our own country but also worldwide"
The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
(FCTC) is an initiative of the World Health Organisation (WHO)
in response to the global epidemic of tobacco addiction. It is
the first binding international treaty that provides an agreed
approach to tobacco control at a global level in order to
protect public health and reduce deaths from tobacco related
illness. About 7,000 deaths occur each year in Ireland due to
tobacco related illness while 500,000 people die in the EU as a
result of consuming tobacco.
Ireland is a strong advocate of an effective
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and has consistently
advocated a strong line on tobacco control both nationally and
internationally. The FCTC will play a key role in the
development of a comprehensive and effective tobacco control
strategy in Europe and globally.
Under Article 8 of the WHO FCTC, guidelines
were prepared to provide for protection from exposure to tobacco
smoke. These guidelines give national and local governments
clear direction to establish smoke-free environments.
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