Special Certificate Required to Sell Tobacco
Last month the Health Education against Tobacco (HEAT) project (supported by AusAid and ADRA Australia) organized a press conference in close collaboration with the Legal Department of the Ulaanbaatar city Governor’s office regarding new regulation on sale of tobacco products, according to which special permission is required for business entities to sell tobacco.
Following the press conference 30 different media outlets published and broadcast information about this regulation. At the beginning of the new academic year (September), HEAT has chosen 2 more schools to include as part of their target schools.
These 2 schools officially included anti tobacco topic to its civil education classes, which will be given to students four times a month, and the HEAT team believes that students will gain accurate information about tobacco on regular basis for shorter period of time. The HEAT project now has 6 schools to work with, and in addition to information against tobacco, information is also being shared on relevant topics such as gender and stress. Peer educators had an opportunity to meet with peers from the National Centre against Violence. They shared their knowledge and experience about violence against children and tobacco related issues.
