GENEVA, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- A global conference on tobacco control concluded here Saturday with a series of critical decisions adopted.
Key decisions during the Eleventh Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP11), under the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), were reached on tobacco control and the environment.
The six-day meeting focused on the protection against tobacco's environmental and health harms, including waste management for tobacco, nicotine products and electronic devices.
A decision was adopted inviting the involved Parties to consider comprehensive regulatory options regarding tobacco and nicotine product components, and related external components that increase environmental harm, taking into consideration public health impacts.
A decision was also adopted that calls for a complete ban on the use and sale of tobacco products and other nicotine products within all United Nations indoor and outdoor premises.
A total of 160 Parties gathered in Geneva for the conference under the convention, which commits countries to ending the global tobacco epidemic.
