Congress logo
Back to Conference page

The 13th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health

Building capacity for a tobacco-free world

July 12-15, 2006, Washington, DC, USA

Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 2:30 PM
33-4

International Tobacco Control Partnership and the Ratification of the Fctc

SEUN AKIOYE, BA, TOBACCO CONTROL, JOURNALISTS ACTION ON TOBACCO & HEALTH (JATH), INTERNATIONAL PRESS CENTRE, HOUSE 11, DIDEOLU CLOSE, OFF BOLODEOKU STREET, OGBA IKEJA, LAGOS, Nigeria

Objective: TO ENLIGHTEN PARTICIPANTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATION COALITION IN TOBACCO CONTROL

Methods: TOBACCO CONTROL GROUPS IN NIGERIA THROUGH THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR TOBACCO CONTROL (GPTC) ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS WITH AMERICAN GROUPS. AFTER SERIES OF COALITIONSLIKE STOPPING THE PROMOTION OF BAT USING THE HOLLYWOOD MOVIES IN NIGERIA, A GROUP OF TEN VISITED NIGERIA, ORGANISED RALLIES, ATTENDED SPECIAL SESSIONS WITH THE NIGERIAN PALIAMENTARIANS, VISITED BAT OFFICE, VISITED AND DOCUMENTED THE REAL SITUATION IN TOBACCO CONTROL AREAS OF OKE OGUN IN NIGERIA ATTENDED PRESS CONFERNCES URGING THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMEWNT TO SIGN AND RATIFY THE FCTC.

Results: THE NIGERIA GOVERNBMENT SIGNED THE FCTC, THE PALIAMENTARIANS CALLED THE BAT TO ORDER AND THE FCTC WAS RATIFIED



Web Page: WWW.JATHNG.ORG

See more of Ratifying the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
See more of Policy

See more of The 13th World Conference on Tobacco and Health Conference