(from the site of 'Social Regional Observatory of the Abruzzo Region )
A technical committee formed by the Centers already operating Smoke from Sert, counseling centers, from hospital operating unit of Pulmonary and representatives of general practitioners will be established at the Regional Health Agency. This was confirmed yesterday afternoon, in Pescara, 's Department of Health, Bernardo Mazzocca , at the conference on the role and organization of centers in the Abruzzo region from which smoke will come out a shared document that will be brought in time Short approval of the Regional Council. To coordinate the work today, Professor Fernando Di Benedetto, Director of the complexity of Pneumology Hospital Chieti, Chieti given that the ASL is the leader in the battle against smoking. "The main objectives - said Mazzocca - are to prevent youth smoking initiation in adolescents and pre-adolescent, encouraging smoking cessation, to stay the same during the period of pregnancy and protect non-smokers from exposure to secondhand smoke . All this in keeping with the guidelines of the National Health Plan and the Programme Gaining health "which is aimed at the prevention of chronic diseases." In this regard, the new Regional Health Plan has among its priorities, the reorganization of the Centers smoke. In Abruzzo smokers are 26% of the resident population aged 18 and over, ex-smokers represent 21% and 53% non-smoking, the habit of smoking is higher among men than among women (31 % vs. 21%). Among those who have never smoked prevail women (65% vs. 41%). An important role in the prevention and treatment of disease by smoking has been the establishment of Centres smoke in the region and the organization of services for prevention and cessation. Meanwhile, Italy has finally ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, adopted by the World Health in 2003 and immediately signed by our country. The ratification of the agreement represents another important step forward for Italy ritch in contrast to tobacco smoke, which, among other things, has placed our country among the first in the world in implementing effective strategies for a smoke-free society. This initiative will enable a new impetus to the prevention of smoking.
