The Centre for Community Health and Disease Control (CCHDC) has held a workshop for Maldives Red Crescent volunteers on the Maldives Tobacco Control Act, in an effort to curb the harmful effects of smoking.
Workshop participants also discussed the impact of tobacco on health, society and the economy.
More than Rf 114 million (US$8.8 million) worth of tobacco was imported to the Maldives in 2009, Haveeru reported.
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