Unified anti-tobacco policies for the region’s countries will be implemented within months as the World Health Organisation issued the Dubai Declaration on Monday.
On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day that is marked each year on May 31, officials from the health body’s regional office issued the Dubai Declaration that will lead by example for all GCC countries. Policies under the declaration will be implemented throughout the region within months, said officials.
The declaration lists six anti-tobacco policies — the outcome of a two-day intensive workshop held in Dubai last week — that the WHO hopes all regional countries will implement.
Increase in prices, a blanket ban on smoking, a strong surveillance system, ban on tobacco advertisements, pictorial warnings on 50 per cent of tobacco packs, and offering cessation services to the public are among the policies listed in the declaration.
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