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In 1987, World Health Organization's recommended Hong Kong to form a central council to co-ordinate measures against tobacco use.
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In 1987, World Health Organization's recommended Hong Kong to form a central council to co-ordinate measures against tobacco use. The Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health (COSH) was thus established under its own ordinance. There are eight main aims of COSH as follow, protect and improve community's health by promoting a tobacco-free lifestyle and by working towards a tobacco-free community in HK. It held some campaigns for actions tobacco use and advocate for the control of tobacco marketing and promotions, especially to the young. COSH also inform and educate the public about the harm of tobacco use, prevent non-smokers from taking up smoking, protect the health of non-smokers from the hazard of passive smoking and promotes quitting among smokers. Moreover, it engages in, promote, and commission research into the causes, prevention and cure of tobacco dependence and its adverse effects and related diseases, and publish the results of such...
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