 Since 1996, Turkey has mandated that radio and television stations provide a minimum of 90 minutes of free air time every month for anti-tobacco educational programming and advertising. However, television channels generally showed these advertisements very early in the morning or late at night, and thus few people were exposed to their anti-tobacco messages. 2003, the head of the Turkish parliamentarian health commission began drafting new tobacco control legislation. A provision was included to mandate broadcasts of anti-tobacco educational programming during daytime and early evening hours (8:00–22:00) so that messaging would reach increased numbers of adults and also be more likely to reach children.
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Study Visit on ‘Global Adult Tobacco Survey and Turkish Health Survey’ in Turkey
Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Tobacco Control Policies for OIC Member States
4th Islamic Conference of Health Ministers (4th ICHM) adopted Resolutions on Tobacco Control
Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) Conference
SESRIC participated in “The First Regional Training Workshop on Tobacco Control and Trade”
Delegation from Bloomberg Foundation and WHO National Tobacco Control Programme Office visited SESRIC
6th Conference on Tobacco or Health
Study Visit on "Tobacco Control Policies"
Delegation from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) visited SESRIC
A Memorandum of Understanding between SESRIC and FCA
World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), the 3rd session of the Conference of the Parties
First Islamic Conference of Health Ministers
As of February 1, 2010, Pakistan will take a significant step in reducing the toll of tobacco use by requiring that all cigarette packages and labels contain graphic health warnings that cover 40 percent of the front and back of the packages and labels.