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Insulate kids from ill-effects of tobacco

CHENNAI: march 23, 2010:- A top government official on Monday urged the chairmen of different municipalities in and around the city to insulate children from the illeffects of tobacco.

Dr S Elango, director of Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, made the appeal at a workshop for municipal heads on the effective implementation of the Cigarettes and Tobacco Control Act, 1993. Tobacco, he pointed out, was one of the main killers in the world. Citing the Global Youth Survey 2006, he said 14.1% children between 13-15 years of age smoke throughout the world.

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The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)

The FCTC is the first international treaty negotiated under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO), aimed at curbing tobacco-related deaths and disease.

The FCTC was unanimously adopted by 192 nations at the World Health Assembly (WHA) on 21st May 2003. Among its many tobacco control measures, the FCTC requires countries to impose restrictions on tobacco advertising, sponsorship and promotion, establish new packaging and labeling of tobacco products with strong health warnings, establish clean indoor air controls by imposing restrictions on smoking in public places and strengthening legislation to clamp down on illicit trade in tobacco products.