World No Tobacco Day 2012

WHO has selected “tobacco industry interference” as the theme of this year's World No Tobacco Day (31 May). The campaign will focus on the need to raise awareness of and counter the tobacco industry’s attempts to undermine the WHO FCTC.

• Guidelines for implementation of Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
• More on the World No Tobacco Day 2012

Uzbekistan ratified the Convention on 15 May 2012 to become the 175th Party to the WHO FCTC.

• Parties to the WHO FCTC

After four years of negotiations, on 4 April the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body agreed on a draft text for a Protocol to eliminate illicit trade in tobacco products. The text will be submitted to the fifth session of the Conference of the Parties (12-17 November 2012, Seoul, Republic of Korea) for consideration and adoption. Once adopted, it would become the first Protocol to the WHO FCTC.

• Press release
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• More on the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body