Smoke-free Europe Conference Resolution on the Progress made in Slovenia

The Conference for a Smoke-free Europe, held in Helsinki from 2-4 October 1996 with more than 500 scientists, administrators, politicians and public health professionals and activists from 50 countries, and to which Mr. Padraig Flynn, Commissioner of the European Commission, Ms. Terttu Huttu-Juntunen, Minister of Social Affairs and Health of Finland, Mr. William B. Schultz, Deputy Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Mr. Prabhat Jha, of the World Bank attended,

• notes with great pleasure the news that the Slovenian Parliament, on 2 October 1996, passed a comprehensive tobacco control law that includes, among other things, a complete ban on tobacco advertising, 2% of tobacco tax used to support cultural and sport activities, health warnings on packages, smoke-free public places and an age limit for purchasing cigarettes,
• congratulates the Slovenian Parliament for passing such a law,
• encourages the Slovenian authorities to exchange experiences with those European countries that have already implemented similar policies and with those that are planning to do so.