Attending and directing the ceremony were Comrade Tong Thanh Hai - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Provincial Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Control. Representatives of the Disaster Prevention and Control Fund; members of the Provincial Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Control; Steering Committees for Disaster Prevention and Control of districts and cities; and more than 400 youth union members participated in the ceremony.
Cultural performance to welcome the ceremony.
Ceremony scene.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Mr. Bui Tien Thanh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Department of Health, Deputy of the Provincial Steering Committee for Tobacco Control emphasized: Tobacco is a toxic product, containing more than 7,000 chemicals and more than 70 carcinogens. Nicotine and addictive tobacco products are very dangerous to health, but tobacco corporations around the world always try to attract people to use. Tobacco use is causing a serious and increasing burden of illness and premature death, as well as medical costs. The economic loss caused by tobacco is estimated at 108 trillion VND per year (equivalent to 1.14% of GDP). This figure is 5 times larger than the contribution of tobacco tax revenue to the national budget.
In recent years, the Provincial Steering Committee for Tobacco Control has coordinated with provincial departments, branches and organizations to organize tobacco control activities; directed agencies, departments and branches to strengthen information and propaganda work to raise awareness for civil servants, public employees, workers and the community about the harmful effects of tobacco use and new generation tobacco use; launched a movement to implement smoke-free workplaces and public places. Organized inspections and supervisions to grasp changes in people's knowledge and tobacco control actions.
Comrade Tong Thanh Hai - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Provincial Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Control delivered a speech at the ceremony.
Speaking at the ceremony, Comrade Tong Thanh Hai - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Provincial Steering Committee for Tobacco Control affirmed: In order to further enhance the attention of Party committees at all levels, authorities, sectors and the community for tobacco control, on World No Tobacco Day, May 31, 2025, the World Health Organization chose the theme "Exposing false appeal" with the aim of exposing the tactics of tobacco corporations around the world in false advertising, causing misunderstanding that tobacco is a harmless product to attract users, especially young people today. Especially teenagers in school. Every year, about 8 million people in the world die from diseases related to tobacco use, of which 1.3 million die from passive smoking.
With the goal of reducing the rate of use, reducing the rate of morbidity and mortality due to diseases related to tobacco use, the Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee proposed that departments, branches and organizations in the whole province need to thoroughly grasp and strictly implement the Law on Tobacco Control, propagate and raise awareness of cadres, civil servants, public employees and people about the harmful effects of tobacco; build a smoke-free environment for agencies and units; integrate tobacco control activities into the movements "All people unite to build new rural areas, civilized urban areas"; Movement "All people unite to build a cultural life"; establish interdisciplinary inspection teams, integrate the inspection of the implementation of the Law on Tobacco Control in the management area...
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