The People's Committee of Ha Tinh province also directed to include tobacco harm prevention content in village, hamlet, village, and residential group conventions.
The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee has just signed a document on organizing activities in response to World No Tobacco Day on May 31, 2023, National No Tobacco Week on May 25-31, 2023 and strengthening the enforcement of the Law on Prevention of Tobacco Harms.
Many agencies and administrative units have strictly implemented regulations banning smoking in the workplace.
Accordingly, the Provincial People's Committee requests provincial departments, branches, sectors, mass organizations, People's Committees of districts, cities and towns to direct and organize the hanging of slogans in response to World No Tobacco Day on May 31, 2023 and National No Tobacco Week from May 25-31, 2023; strengthen inter-sectoral coordination in developing plans and implementing tobacco harm prevention (PCTH) activities to ensure that tobacco harm prevention activities are widely deployed throughout the province; strengthen the implementation of state management tasks on tobacco harm prevention as prescribed in Clause 4, Article 5 of the Law on Tobacco Harm Prevention.
Continue to include tobacco control in annual work plans, include regulations prohibiting smoking in workplaces in internal regulations of agencies, units, and localities; include tobacco control in village, hamlet, village, and residential group conventions. Hang no-smoking signs in places where smoking is prohibited in workplaces, medical facilities, schools, hotels, restaurants, and other indoor public places as prescribed in Articles 11 and 12 of the Law on Tobacco Control. Promote supervision of the construction of smoke-free environments in localities, agencies, and units. Provide incentives and rewards for individuals and organizations that do a good job in tobacco control.
The Department of Health continues to be responsible for advising the Provincial People's Committee to direct the implementation of regulations on tobacco harm prevention in the whole province; closely coordinate with departments, branches, sectors, organizations and People's Committees of districts, cities and towns to disseminate and widely propagate so that people understand the harmful effects of tobacco, the benefits of a smoke-free environment, and the provisions of the Law on Tobacco Harm Prevention; promptly provide information, documents and the implementation status of the Law on Tobacco Harm Prevention to the Department of Information and Communications, Ha Tinh Radio and Television Station, Ha Tinh Newspaper, media agencies and units and localities to serve propaganda work.
Proactively and promptly implement, propagate and guide agencies, units and localities to implement Circular No. 11/TT-BYT dated May 11, 2023 of the Minister of Health regulating the implementation of smoking-free locations and considering awarding the Smoke-Free Environment Award according to authority; advise the Provincial People's Committee to direct the implementation of contents beyond its authority.
Advise on the implementation of inspection, examination and handling of cases of illegal purchase, sale and use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, heated tobacco and shisha in the province. Advise on the completion of the Provincial Steering Committee for Tobacco Harm Prevention.
Preside over and coordinate with relevant units to organize activities in response to World No Tobacco Day and National No Tobacco Week in accordance with the actual situation, ensuring practicality and effectiveness.
The Department of Information and Communications, Ha Tinh Radio and Television Station, and Ha Tinh Newspaper promote the dissemination of the Law on Tobacco Control, the harmful effects of cigarettes and new tobacco products (electronic cigarettes, heated tobacco, shisha), and measures to quit smoking.
The Department of Education and Training and the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs shall strengthen propaganda and dissemination of the harmful effects of tobacco use and new tobacco products to students at all levels and vocational training institutions; and strengthen inspection, detection and strict handling of cases of buying, selling and using e-cigarettes, heated tobacco products and shisha at educational and training institutions; direct, inspect and supervise the construction and implementation of smoke-free environments at educational and training institutions in the province.
The Border Guard Command shall strengthen patrols and controls in border areas, trails and openings to promptly detect and handle subjects smuggling, storing and transporting smuggled cigarettes; strengthen coordination with departments, branches, local authorities and functional forces to have a plan for close coordination in inspecting and preventing cigarette smuggling at border gates and seaports; coordinate with Party committees and authorities at all levels to promote propaganda work so that residents in border areas do not assist, transport and trade in smuggled cigarettes.
Ha Tinh Customs strictly inspects and controls the transportation of smuggled cigarettes through border gates, establishes special projects to combat individuals, lines and groups smuggling cigarettes; strengthens information exchange with relevant departments, branches and functional forces on the situation, methods and tricks of activities of subjects, organizations, lines and groups smuggling cigarettes on key routes and areas.
The provincial police directed relevant forces to strengthen investigation and reconnaissance work to grasp the situation, establish special projects, focus on fighting and destroying networks, gangs, ringleaders, and smugglers of smuggled cigarettes to prosecute and prosecute them before the law; directed the traffic police force to coordinate with functional forces to do a good job of patrolling and controlling to promptly detect and handle subjects transporting smuggled cigarettes on roads, railways and waterways; directed the police of districts, cities and towns to coordinate with authorities at all levels to take measures to propagate, educate, strictly manage and strictly handle subjects who regularly participate in smuggling, transporting, storing and trading smuggled cigarettes.
Ha Tinh Market Management Department strengthens market management in the province, regularly inspects wholesale and retail points of smuggled cigarettes, resolutely combats, promptly detects and strictly handles acts of smuggling, transporting, storing and trading smuggled cigarettes; coordinates with the police force to review and inspect the locations and ringleaders of smuggling and storing smuggled cigarettes.
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