National Environmental
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Purpose: To prevent children worldwide
from using tobacco products.
Whereas:
• by 2030 worldwide deaths from tobacco use are expected to
surpass 10 million a year (to more than triple);
• at this level, tobacco-associated deaths will surpass the number
of deaths from tuberculosis, malaria, and maternal/childhood conditions
combined;
• in developing countries, smoking will cause one out of three
adult deaths in 2020, up from one in six (1990);
• NEHA is concerned with the health of our communities, our
nation, and the world; and
• a global approach to tobacco prevention was identified during
the first International Policy Conference on Children and Tobacco, recently
held in Washington, D.C.;
Therefore,
be it resolved that NEHA hereby endorses a global
strategy against tobacco use by youth.
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