烟草在线据印亚新闻社报道编译　　包括印度、尼泊尔、孟加拉国、印度尼西亚、泰国和斯里兰卡在内的东南亚10国代表，7月26日表示，希望制定无烟烟草禁令，并呼吁引进严格的立法措施。

　　代表们在世界卫生组织《烟草控制框架公约》的区域会议上表示，包括槟榔在内的各种无烟烟草产品，给东南亚各国带来了严重的公共健康问题。

　　此次会议由印度卫生部与世界卫生组织东南亚区域组织合作举办，回顾了世界卫生组织公约在东南亚及全球的实施情况和重要发展。

　　会议也促进了各国间关于公约实施成果及其挑战的交流，包括最佳实践措施的确定，以及进一步促进其传播和使用的方式。

　　会议期间，再次审议了公约实施的规定细则，特别是指导方针和报告制度。

　　一名官员表示，会议还指出，必须提高对新通过的协议的认识，以消除烟草制品的非法交易，并推动新协议的签署和批准。

　　与会者还包括来自不丹、缅甸、马尔代夫和东帝汶的代表。

Asian Countries Seek Ban on Smokeless Forms of Tobacco

　　Representatives of 10 south and southeast Asian countries, including India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka, Friday sought a ban on smokeless forms of tobacco and called for introducing strong legislation for the purpose.

　　Smokeless forms of tobacco, including use of areca nuts, pose serious public health problems in most countries of the region, the representatives said at the regional meeting of the World Health Organisation's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control here.

　　The meeting, organised by India's health ministry in collaboration with WHO SEAR (southeast Asian region), reviewed implementation of the WHO convention and major developments related to the treaty in the region and internationally.

　　The meeting also facilitated inter-country exchanges on implementation achievements and challenges, including identification of the best practices and the ways of further promoting their dissemination and use.

　　It reviewed instruments available for implementation of the convention, particularly the guidelines and the reporting system.

　　It also decided to raise awareness of the newly adopted protocol to eliminate illicit trade in tobacco products and to promote its signature and ratification, an official said.

　　The participants also included representatives from Bhutan, Myanmar, the Maldives, and Timor Leste. Enditem