Implementation news

Sri Lanka: rotating pictorial warnings implemented

Sri Lanka tobacco manufacturers are required, under a court order that is effective from January 1, 2015, to start printing...

Posted on: 1 January 2015

The Convention Secretariat congratulates Spain on becoming the sixth Party to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products

On 23 December 2014, Spain deposited its instrument of accession to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products...

Posted on: 23 December 2014

Workshop for Parties in Asia to promote ratification of the Protocol concluded in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

Nine Parties - Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Thailand and Viet Nam participated...

Posted on: 11 December 2014

Myanmar - the Head of Convention Secretariat meets Deputy Minister of Health

Dr Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva, Head of the Convention Secretariat, met Dr Thein Thein Htay, Deputy Minister of...

Posted on: 8 December 2014

Brazil - the new anti-smoking law took effect

A new law took effect on 3 December in Brazil, prohibiting indoor smoking across the country. Before the federal law...

Posted on: 3 December 2014

CHINA - Beijing Municipal Government adopt anti-smoking legislation

Beijing Government adopted anti-smoking legislation to ban smoking in all indoor public places, workplaces and public transport vehicles on Friday...

Posted on: 28 November 2014

Ghana - Minister of Finance announces tobacco excise increase

19 November 2014 In his speech concerning the budget and economic policy of the Government of Ghana, the Minister of...

Posted on: 19 November 2014

Hungary - the success story of the country's smoke-free legislation published

Hungary has been Party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control since 2005. In recent years, the Government of...

Posted on: 19 November 2014

Austria becomes the fifth Party to the Protocol

Austria ratified the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products and has become its fifth Party. It is the...

Posted on: 3 November 2014