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The new anti tobacco law in Romania -a partnership success
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Romanian Society of Cardiology, Bucharest, Romania
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UMF C. Davila Bucharest, Romanian Society of Pneumology, Bucharest, Romania
Submission date: 2017-05-09
Acceptance date: 2017-05-09
Publication date: 2017-05-25
Corresponding author
Ioana Munteanu
Romanian Society of Cardiology, Bucharest, Romania, str. Avrig 63, sector 2, 021578 Bucharest, Romania
Tob. Prev. Cessation 2017;3(May Supplement):65
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The anti-tobacco law was finally changed after 11 year of heavy debate with the tobacco industry. It was a democratic process initiated by a deputy , created and implemented in 1,year supported by strong partnerships between the Romanian Pneumology Society, the Romanian Cardiology Society and many NGO of youth under the umbrella of the Coalition “Romania is Breathing». We are describing how we prepare our fight ,how we interact with the parliamentarians, authorities , mass media and what are the next steps for supporting the EU Directives.