American Cancer Society Leads Delegation to World Health Organization Talks in New Zealand on Global Guidelines for Tobacco Dependence Treatment

From left to right:  Drs. Andrew Black (rapporteur from the United Kingdom), Ahmed Ogwell Ouma (head of the WHO FCTC Secretariat), and Ashley Bloomfield (chair of the FCTC working group meeting, from New Zealand).

 

In February, the American Cancer Society took part in the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Working Group on Tobacco Dependence Treatment, which met in Auckland, New Zealand. The group developed global guidelines for tobacco dependence treatment, which will be presented in November 2010, in Punta del Este, Uruguay, to the 168 countries which have ratified the FCTC. If the FCTC delegates in Uruguay accept the Working Group's recommendation, the treatment guidelines developed in Auckland will become the accepted approach for tobacco dependence treatment among the approximately 85 percent of the world's population covered by the FCTC. The American Cancer Society was represented at the Auckland meeting by Thomas J. Glynn, PhD, director, Cancer Science and Trends and director, International Cancer Control, who heads the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) delegation to the Tobacco Dependence Treatment Working Group.

Comments

[Antonia]

Mileyforever*-*Bruno Mars profonda stima *-* scrvie:Brutta str**** nn allargarti piu' cretina che nn sei altro nn si tratta di telecamere ma di fare un gesto puro ignorante e poi Mils e8 piu' famosa di Selena xke' lo dice l'articolo le star piu' famose idiota -.--e8 allora tutti fumano e poi ha fumato solo qualche volta-se lo puo' permettere nn e8 una bambina cm te( vai a vendere i fazzolettini che non hai altro da fare)-si faceva uno al suo compleanno? ridicola era solo un bacio sul collo imbecille-inftt e8 una stupidagine xke lei e8 perfetta e ama i sui fan-dal suo cane? spiegati Mils ha il cane da prima della tua Selenasenti fai una cosa ritirati nn hai piu' che inventarti nn ti sopporto piu' sei una bimbominkia del cacchioSelena e8 mai andata 2 volte ad'Hiti?e Selena ha fatto questo servizio fotografico x beneficienza? NO NO e NOqui' nn sei la benvenuta okkay smamma imbecille

[Nox Edge]

Yeah!! it has become the need of the hour to run an awareness campaign to make people aware of the harmful effects of tobacco.

[Paraslim]

Tobacco is very injurious to health and certain stringent laws need to be made to stop its harvesting and illegal smuggling.