Date: 5/31/2011
TUMSPR News: TUMS Chancellor, Dr. Bagher Larijani, in his message on the World No Tobacco Day 2011 has asked the faculties, students and staff to help eradicate the habit in the environment.
The Chancellor for Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Dr. Bagher Larijani, in his message on the World No Tobacco Day 2011 which is held on the 31st of May, has asked the faculties, students and staff to help eradicate the habit in the environment.
In his message he has referred to the disease as the second cause of the non-communicable disease that took the life of about 100 million people, amongst them passive smokers, in the 20th century and it is estimated the figure will increase to one billion for the 21st century. The Chancellor has pointed out that tobacco-related death is second to those of hypertension among non-communicable diseases that have taken the lead over communicable diseases in recent years.
Embraced by more than 170 countries, the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) has provided legal dimensions for tobacco control, the Chancellor said and emphasized that the responsibility is felt more than ever by the academic community of the country to inform, plan and take action to curb tobacco smoking.
http://publicrelations.tums.ac.ir/english/news/detail.asp?newsID=24918
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