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Azerbaijan to hold national anti-smoking conference

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The Azerbaijan Healthcare Public Relations Association is to hold a meeting on 14 December to discuss how to combat smoking.

The meeting will bring together representatives of parliament, ministries and civil society.

The association says that in Azerbaijan 49% of men aged between 15 and 49 are smokers. According to the World Health Organization, 5.4 million people die of tobacco dependence every year.

A national anti-smoking conference will be organized in Azerbaijan as part of the anti-smoking project. The project was launched in October.

Fineko/abc.az







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