World No Tobacco Day 2011
Stay on the road: Implement the WHO
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
 

Theme:
WHO has selected “The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control" as the theme for World No Tobacco Day 2011 to highlight the importance of the treaty, to stress Parties' obligations under the treaty and to promote the essential role of the Conference of the Parties and WHO in supporting country efforts. The messages coming out of World No Tobacco Day will help to save more lives and to limit the damage caused by tobacco use and will shed light on the various guidelines and what is needed at national level to strengthen the treaty.

The key messages of this year’s World No Tobacco Day are:

• Regardless of legal obligations, all Parties have a moral obligation to fully implement the FCTC to save lives.

• The obligations of the treaty should be translated immediately into realities at country level through the creation of national mechanisms.

• Organizations, institutions and civil society should join forces to support government in effective implementation of the FCTC.