Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Tobacco Control Policies for OIC Member States
SESRIC jointly organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of Turkey and the Turkish Green Crescent Society the “Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Tobacco Control Policies for OIC Member States ” in Istanbul, Turkey on 14-16 December 2016.
WHO Assistance to Intensify Campaign Against Smoking - Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will seek the expertise of the World Health Organization (WHO) to intensify its anti-smoking campaign, head of the Health Ministry’s anti-smoking initiative Majid Al-Muneef announced here at the Second Executive Committee Meeting of the National Commission on Tobacco that concluded last week in the capital. The meeting was inaugurated by Ziad Al-Memish, deputy minister of health for preventive medicine, who made the opening remarks at the meeting presided over by Al-Muneef.
The Saudi Arabian government has significantly stepped up the nation’s fight against tobacco use by requiring public places to be smoke-free. The smoke-free policy will apply to government offices, restaurants, cafes, supermarkets and shopping malls in addition to airports, which have been smoke-free since 2011. It even applies to water-pipes, or shisha.
Developing Impactful Awareness Raising Campaigns towards Reducing Tobacco Consumption
Training Course on ‘Packaging, Labeling and Pictorial Health Warnings on Tobacco Products’
World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), the 3rd session of the Conference of the Parties
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will seek the expertise of the World Health Organization (WHO) to intensify its anti-smoking campaign, head of the Health Ministry’s anti-smoking initiative Majid Al-Muneef announced here at the Second Executive Committee Meeting of the National Commission on Tobacco that concluded last week in the capital. The meeting was inaugurated by Ziad Al-Memish, deputy minister of health for preventive medicine, who made the opening remarks at the meeting presided over by Al-Muneef.
The Saudi Arabian government has significantly stepped up the nation’s fight against tobacco use by requiring public places to be smoke-free. The smoke-free policy will apply to government offices, restaurants, cafes, supermarkets and shopping malls in addition to airports, which have been smoke-free since 2011. It even applies to water-pipes, or shisha.