'Don't squeeze your baby's nose, even with smoke!'

The Asia-Pacific Conference on Tobacco Control (APACT 2010) took place in Sydney (Australia) from October 6-9, 2010. This is considered a large-scale workshop with more than 600 delegates who are the world's leading experts on tobacco control, health professionals, scientists, anti-tobacco activists . from Asia - Pacific countries.

People who come here share only one voice: protecting current and future generations from the destructive health, social, environmental and economic consequences of tobacco consumption and exposure to smoke. drug.

APACT president of district game with VietNamNet reporter. (Photo: TD).

At the workshop, Vietnam was considered to be a positive country in the field of tobacco harm prevention, despite many obstacles.

The reports in the workshop discussed many specific topics around the implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in Asia-Pacific: Change, challenges and progress.

Implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), tobacco control policies, tobacco consequences related to poverty and disease, smoke-free environment development, tobacco taxes, . are priority areas to mention, discuss, find solutions to promote further advances.

Between the exhibition reporting on tobacco control situation in countries in the region, there is a poster of the National Tobacco Control Program (Vinacosh) and the American Cancer Society (ACS). On this poster, many passages of sad stories have been quoted as many people are still not aware of the dangers of smoking.

In addition to elaborate presentations presented in large auditoriums, there are small corners for interesting and realistic propaganda " moves " about smoking cessation forms: music and poetry; A lovely badge, a fairy tale written about King NoSmo-King, . contains messages about a world of No Smoking. The role of scientists is clearly behind the new discoveries from easy-to-use herbs or the production of chewable, sticky, smelling, smelling medicine . to help cope with smoking.

During an informal meeting after the press conference, Dr. Harley Stanton - Chairman of Asia Pacific Tobacco Control Association (2007-2010) told Vietnamese journalists: ' Let me Your enjoyment of a clean atmosphere - that is the best thing, it is also my reason to pursue this work for life . '