“The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the Nation of the Nation received a prestigious Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards for Global Tobacco Control 2025 for Ukraine. It notes global success in implementing effective smoking measures. This is the press service of the Verkhovna Rada. The award ceremony was attended by the Chairman of the Committee Mikhail Radutsky and the chairman of the subcommittee on issues”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Nation Health has received For Ukraine prestigious Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards for Global Tobacco Control 2025 . She Notes global success in the implementation of effective measures to reduce smoking.
Pp RO reports it The press service of the VRU apparatus .
The award ceremony was attended by the Chairman of the Committee Mikhail Radutsky and the chairman of the subcommittee on epidemic safety, HIV/AIDS fight and socially dangerous diseases of the Lada Bulakh Committee.
The Ukrainian parliamentarians, within the framework of a foreign trip, joined the plenary session of the World Tobacco Conference, and held a meeting with the leadership of Bloomberg Philanthropies, during which Ukraine’s progress was discussed in the fight against smoking.
“In particular, the Law of the Committee No. 1978 to protect the population from the harmful effects of tobacco, approved by the Verkhovna Rada. The document prohibits cigarette smoking for heating, hookah and esigitarates in certain public places, equates to heated to ordinary cigarettes, and prohibits flavored cigarettes, ”Radutsky said.
The importance of implementation of anti -tobacco policy in Ukraine despite the war was noted.
According to the founder of the Michael Bloomberg Foundation, the global movement of tobacco control has helped save tens of millions of lives. Despite the decrease in smoking in the world from 22.8 % in 2007 to 16.4 % in 2023, about one billion people still smoke. More than 7 million people die every year as a result of smoking.
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Polish President Andrzej Duda signed changes to the lawSupplieshowthem forbidsis Selling minors of all e -cigarettes and nicotine bags.
