In 1988 the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared 31st May as “World No Smoking Day”; this year we marked this day under the slogan; “Day against the illegal sale of tobacco”. During the press conference for that day, Member of Parliament L.Erdenechimeg said – Mongolia joined the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control about 10 years ago. It is great news that in 2008, the WHO has informed our Health Ministry that Mongolia is accomplishing implementation of the Tobacco Control Law very well ; just yesterday,  the WHO also complimented the  Minister of Health and Sport for Mongolia’s significant contribution  to the Tobacco Control Law.

By joining the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, we are able to improve the legal environment. For this reason, Parliament has revised the Tobacco Control Law in order to protect the population from the negative results of tobacco usage and passive smoking in 2012.  MP Erdenechimeg said – the legal implementation is good.