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Department of State Washington File: Text: New Study Finds Cigarette Smoking in U.S. Continues to Decline
An event designed to help raise awareness of the dangers of tobacco – World No Tobacco Day – takes place on May 31. This year the focus is on the role of health care professionals in preventing tobacco use. As a second MMWR article reports, while the majority (72 percent to 99 percent) of dental, medical, nursing and pharmacy students from 10 countries believe they should receive training in counseling patients to quit smoking, only a small percentage (5 percent – 37 percent) say they are receiving formal training to do that. The report is collaboration between CDC, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA). ... [Read More]
2003
January 5, 2003: British police arrested 6 suspects in London. After a search of an apartment above a pharmacy found traces of ricin, four of the suspects, all of whom held Algerian passports, faced terrorism and chemical weapons charges. ... December 10, 2003: Foreign reaction to the Defense Department’s announcement that only Coalition countries could bid on major reconstruction contracts in Iraq was hostile. Russian Defense Minister Ivanov said his country would not agree to write off Iraq’s debts. Canadian Deputy Prime Minister John Manley said that the decision made it "difficult" to agree to provide more reconstruction aid. French and EU spokesmen said that they would study whether such restrictions were compatible with international law. State Department Spokesman Boucher said that the restrictions would not apply to subcontractors and that the World Bank and the IMF had their own regulations for contracts. ... [Read More]
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