President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov instructed to rid the country of smoking and make it a tobacco-free zone in 2025. Writes about it RIA News referring to the government’s Russian-language newspaper Neutral Turkmenistan.
The head of state approved the relevant national program for 2022-2025, the Action Plan for its implementation and the composition of the Interdepartmental Commission at a government meeting.
“The new program is aimed at the formation of national standards for determining the status of a country free from tobacco, strengthening the fight against tobacco by exercising special control over the implementation of policies and the enforcement of laws in this area, raising awareness of the population, especially young people, about the negative consequences of smoking”, – notes the newspaper.
In addition, Turkmenistan is a leader in the fight against smoking in the European region of the World Health Organization due to the adoption of a relevant law and continues to work in this direction, the government stressed at a meeting.
Earlier, a member of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption, Biysultan Khamzaev, said that in Russia, to combat smoking, it is possible, as is done in other countries, to introduce unified packs for tobacco products. He also proposed to finalize the anti-tobacco legislation.
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