Draft Plan of Joint Actions on Prevention of Negative Impact of Tobacco on Public Health in CIS Prepared

On 10 September, the meeting of the expert group to coordinate the Draft Plan of Joint Actions of the CIS Member Nations on Prevention of Negative Impact of Tobacco and other Nicotine Containing Products on Public Health was held at the CIS headquarters in Minsk.

Representatives of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Uzbekistan and the CIS Executive Committee participated in the event via video link. The Secretariat of the IPA CIS Council was represented by Secretary of the IPA CIS Permanent Commission on Social Policy and Human Rights, Executive Secretary of the IPA CIS Expert Advisory Board on Public Health Evgenia Vladimirova and Representative of the Secretariat of the IPA CIS Council at the CIS Executive Committee Igor Borovko.

The experts discussed comments to the Draft Plan, finalized and agreed the draft document.

The materials of the meeting will be sent for internal harmonization, and then the Draft Plan of Joint Actions on Prevention of Negative Impact of Tobacco on Public Health will be submitted to the CIS Council of Heads of Government for consideration.

One of the points of the Plan is the adoption of a Model Law on Protection of the Population from the Effects of Tobacco Smoke and the Consequences of Consumption of Tobacco and Other Nicotine Containing Products, the work on which is being carried out by the IPA CIS. The draft document will be presented at the next meeting of the IPA CIS Permanent Commission on Social Policy and Human Rights.