Global map of smokefree laws

The GLOBAL MAP OF SMOKEFREE LAWS give an overview of the smokefree status of the vast majority of countries that have ratified the FCTC. For each country some or all of the following information is included:

* An overview of smokefree legislation and smokefree initiatives, in particular any plans for implementing Article 8
* Smokefree resources available in 2009 – tobacco control groups, help from NGOs, websites
* Examples of public education materials/implementation or enforcement materials
* Any needs related to implementing smokefree policies
* Any factors that are helping or hindering the implementation of Article 8
* Other countries that have influenced smokefree laws

The information was provided by contacts worldwide in response to e-mail questionnaires sent between 26 January and 27 February 2009. Many respondents sent examples of smokefree resources, ranging from campaign materials to copies of legislation.

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Famous quotes

The only ’safer’ cigarette is your last one.
Duane Alan Hahn .................................
You own yourself, so if you want to do something that destroys yourself, go ahead. Just don’t harm others when you do.
Jim Goebel .................................
To see what is right, and not do it, is want of courage, or of principle.
Confucius .................................
If you resolve to give up smoking, drinking and loving, you don’t actually live longer; it just seems longer.
Clement Freud .................................
Smoking is a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black, stinking fume thereof nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
King James I of England .................................
Smoking kills. If you’re killed, you’ve lost a very important part of your life.
Brooke Shields .................................
I’ll tell you why I like the cigarette business. It cost a penny to make. Sell it for a dollar. It’s addictive. And there’s a fantastic brand loyalty.
Warren Buffett .................................
If you resolve to give up smoking, drinking and loving, you don’t actually live longer; it just seems longer.
Clement Freud .................................
Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.
Mark Twain
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