Healthcare professional associations agreed on 30 January 2004 to promote a new code of conduct, which asks health professionals to lead by example, and reduce smoking themselves.
A WHO informal meeting of health professional organizations and tobacco control brought together professional associations representing pharmacists,
dentists, nurses, midwifes, chiropractors and physicians.
The participants agreed that another important role of health professionals is to introduce tobacco control in the public health agenda at country level, supporting the political process through the signature and ratification of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) by their governments, and supporting the implementation of the Convention by their own members.
– Working document of the Health Professional code of conduct on tobacco control.
Related links
– EPHA’s section on Tobacco, Smoking and Cancer Prevention.