Non-communicable diseases contribute to 73 percent of all deaths nationwide. Tobacco use is one of the major causes. (Illustrative image. Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – A meting was held in Hanoi
on May 26 in response to the (May 31) and the National
No Tobacco Week (May 25-31) following the theme “tobacco and ”.
Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Viet Tien cited
the fact that 96.8 percent of lung cancer patients in Vietnam smoke.
Non-communicable diseases contribute to 73 percent
of all deaths nationwide, he said, adding that tobacco use is one of the major
causes.
Passive smoking is also the cause of lung
diseases in children, making them suffer from health problems in adulthood, he
said.
Luong Ngoc Khue, head of the health ministry’s
department of medical examination and treatment and director of the tobacco
control fund, said 40 cities and provinces nationwide held s in response
to the .
Smoking bans have been instituted in 1,560 State
administrative agencies, 10,000 schools, 4,442 factories, and 508 hospitals.
Nearly 70 percent of trade unions at the
grassroots level say no to smoking at the working environment while 195,000
workers gave up smoking.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
