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WHO official urges tobacco tax, price hikes
Representative of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Vietnam Angela Pratt has called on the country to raise tobacco tax and prices, which are still among the world’s lowest.
Smoking ban in certain places from August 1, 2023
The Ministry of Health has recently issued Circular No 11/2023/TT-BYT, regulating no-smoking places.
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Symposium urges youths to quit smoking
The Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU), the Health Ministry’s Fund for Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms and the Global Public Health Organisation Vital Strategies held a symposium in Hanoi on May 31 to discuss the harmful effects of e-cigarettes in schools.
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