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Article: Action Plan for Tobacco Control in Africa
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- July 17, 1997
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An action plan for tobacco control in Africa has been worked out
at a just ended International Workshop on Tobacco Control, local
radio reported today.
The action plan includes the adoption of comprehensive policies
including legislature by every African country to reduce the social
and economic use of tobacco for people's health.
It also calls for the provisional training for technical
assistance to increase awareness and capacity among government
ministers regarding the threat from tobacco use and from the tobacco
industry that targets African populations, especially women and
children.
According to the radio, the action plan will later be presented
for discussion and adoption by ...