BVI Enacts Non-Smoking

                                 

Legislation is now passd that would regulate the promotion, distribution and use of tobacco products in the Territory.  In doing so, the BVI joins as many as 57 countries in embracing the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The convention essentially gives countries more tools to control tobacco use and save lives.   Tobacco is becoming the one of the single largest causes of death worldwide and affects nearly every organ of the body.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare, under which this initiative falls, serves as the focal point for leadership, legislation and policy direction in all operations relating to health and social welfare and promoting the physical, mental and social health of all persons in the Territory.