Singapore's smoking control strategies
win WHO award
Singapore’s National Smoking Control Programme has received
international recognition.
The programme was accorded a Good Practice Award for
Comprehensive Tobacco Control in Cities by the World Health
Organisation..
It recognises outstanding practices and innovative, successful
approaches to comprehensive tobacco control that adhere to the
MPOWER package, which is a roadmap to help countries meet their
obligations to the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control.
Singapore has one of the lowest smoking prevalence rates in the
world.
Its multi-pronged strategy has successfully reduced the smoking
prevalence rate from 20 percenrt in 1984 to 12.6 percent in
2004.