May 31 is the World day of struggle against smoking. On May 31, in the Armenian Youth Foundation, “Armenia Without Tobacco” Social Alliance and the Armenian Youth Foundation organized a press conference dedicated to the World Day of struggle against smoking. The Republic of Armenia joined the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco in 2004, after which adopted RA law “About limitations of tobacco distribution, consumption and use”. The law prohibits smoking in public transport, areas of health, educational and cultural. But as the coordinator of “Armenia Without Tobacco” Social Alliance Diana Petrosyan noted that the monitoring carried out by them in recent months showed that the law didn’t work so much efficiently. “We give much importance to the activity of civil society and try to work with residents to raise their level of awareness about their rights”, noted D. Petrosyan. Noyan Tapan was informed about this by the Service of Public Relations of the Armenian Youth Foundation. “It is not possible to solve the problem only due to the law and limitations. We know very well that the followers of the law are our citizens. Any solution should have public understanding and support too”, mentioned the Executive Director of the Armenian Youth Foundation Aleksandr Ter-Hovakimyan.

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