NATIONAL DAY TO COMBAT TOBACCO MARKED IN ARMENIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
12.10.2009 17:05 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ By RA Government’s decision October 12 is the
National Day to combat tobacco . As the RA minister of Diaspora
informed, the year of 2009 is declared the Year of Armenians’ fight
against tobacco. On October 12, 2004 the National Assembly of Armenia
ratified the Framework Convention of the World Health Organization on
tobacco control. Currently about 30 per cent of the adult population
of Armenia are smokers, while about 60 per cent of smokers are the
breadwinners of their families. Every year May 31 is declared as No
Tobacco Day worldwide.